traditor

American  

[trad-i-ter] / ˈtræd ɪ tər /

noun

plural

traditores

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

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traditor British  

/ ˈtrædɪtə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of traditor

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

Example Sentences

Traditor, trad′i-tor, n. one of those early Christians who under persecution gave up copies of the Scriptures, the sacred vessels, or the names of their fellow-Christians.

From Project Gutenberg

—Traditor! col tuo l�uto Tu l' hai fatto innamorare!

From Project Gutenberg

Poi si stracciò la vesta con gran furia, E disse: Io tornerò nella battaglia, Poi che tu m'hai per traditore scorto; Io non son traditor, se Dio mi vaglia, Non mi vedrai più oggi se non morto!

From Project Gutenberg

It is to be distinguished from the word "traitor," which comes from the Latin "traditor," one who gives up another.

From Project Gutenberg

The discussion, which lasted for three days, Augustine 411 and Aurelius of Carthage being the chief speakers on the one side, and Primian and Petilian on the other, turned exclusively upon the two questions that had given rise to the schism—first, the question of fact, whether Felix of Aptunga who consecrated Caecilian had been a traditor; and secondly, the question of doctrine, whether a church by tolerance of unworthy members within its pale lost the essential attributes of purity and catholicity.

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