traditor

[ trad-i-ter ]

noun

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

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

traditor

/ ˈtrædɪtə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of traditor¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of traditor¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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