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   tradition

   /trəˈdɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way: "members of different castes have by tradition been associated with specific occupations" Similar historical conventionunwritten laworal historyheritagelorefolkloreold wives' tales
   • ▪ a long-established custom or belief that has been passed on from one generation to another: "Japan's unique cultural traditions" Similar custompracticeconventionritualceremonyobservancewontroutinewayruleusagehabitinstitutionprinciplebeliefformal:praxis
   • ▪ an artistic or literary method or style established by an artist, writer, or movement, and subsequently followed by others: "visionary works in the tradition of William Blake" Similar stylemovementmethod
   • 2. a doctrine believed to have divine authority though not in the scriptures.
   • ▪ (in Christianity) doctrine not explicit in the Bible but held to derive from the oral teaching of Christ and the Apostles.
   • ▪ (in Judaism) an ordinance of the oral law not in the Torah but held to have been given by God to Moses.
   • ▪ (in Islam) a saying or act ascribed to the Prophet but not recorded in the Koran.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French tradicion, or from Latin traditio(n-), from tradere ‘deliver, betray’, from trans- ‘across’ + dare ‘give’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. traditionary adjective
   • 2. traditionist noun
   • 3. traditionless adjective

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