traditionalism (tradishonalizm)

[= Sp. tradicionalismo; as traditional + -ism.] Strictly, a system of philosophy in which all religious knowledge is reduced to belief in truth communicated by revelation from God, and received by traditional instruction; popularly, the habit of basing religious convictions on ecclesiastical authority and the traditional belief of the church, not on an independent study of the Scripture, or an independent exercise of the reason; adherence to tradition as an authority. traditionalist (tra-dish'on-al-ist), n. [= Sp. trad i cion a list a; as traditional + -ist.] One who holds to the authority of tradition.