Tradition

//tɹəˈdɪʃn̩// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays. countable, uncountable

    "After breakfast, Charles Macdoodle told Lady Mary that it was a tradition in the family that those rumbling carriages on the terrace betokened death."

  2. 2
    a specific practice of long standing wordnet
  3. 3
    A commonly held system. countable, uncountable

    "They followed the tradition of lighting candles for special occasions."

  4. 4
    an inherited pattern of thought or action wordnet
  5. 5
    An established or distinctive style or method countable, uncountable

    "Following tradition, the victorious athlete runs a lap around the track."

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  1. 6
    The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. countable, uncountable

    "A deed takes effect only from this tradition or delivery; for, if the date be false or impossible, the delivery ascertains the time of it."

  2. 7
    The entirety of a text's transmission; all the versions of a work. countable, uncountable

    "It is, for example, apparent, in light of further research and when considering more manuscripts, that the manuscript tradition of the Life of Kiros (a very widespread hagiographical text) is much more complex than he had thought (Marrassini 2004; see Krzyżanowska 2015)."

Verb
  1. 1
    To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. obsolete

    "The following story is […] traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason.

Etymology 2

From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason.

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