Traditor

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Traditor \Trad"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. tradere, traditum. See
     {Traitor}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
     A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who
     delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to
     their persecutors to save their lives. --Milner.
     [1913 Webster]