traditor

[ trad-i-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural trad·i·to·res [trad-i-, tawr, -eez, -, tohr, -].

an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.

traditor

/ ˈtrædɪtə /

Early Church a Christian who betrayed his fellow Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions

1325–75; Middle English < Latin trāditor traitor, equivalent to trādi-, variant stem of trādere ( tradition ) + -tor -tor

C15: from Latin: traitor, from trādere to hand over

He, while he was still a sub-deacon, was most unmistakeably entered as a traditor in the archives of the city.

We must therefore consider and declare how far the traditor is to be accounted dead while yet alive.

Augustine answered: You do not prove that I, whom you wish to baptize afresh, am either a persecutor or a traditor.

It is nothing to the point if you should say, I am not a traditor, I am not an offerer of incense, I am not a persecutor.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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