tradition

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) A commonly held system.
3. (countable, uncountable) An established or distinctive style or method
4. (countable, uncountable) The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

Verb

To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

Synonyms

custom

convention

practice

legend

habit

folklore

old custom

rule

law

oral tradition

mores

system

usage

manner

culture

use

pattern

common practice

ritual

manners

heritage

oral instruction

classic

local custom

way

remembrance

rendition

roots

routine

rubric

speeches

style

surrender

totem

traditional

transmission

wont

common saying

folk custom

Prophetic

hereditary custom

old style

old precedent

eigen-

historical fact

popular version

private regulations

long-established custom

folkways

usual practice

Translations

tradition

Tradition

tradición

tradizione

tradição

traditie

tradició

coutume

παράδοση

Überlieferung

overlevering

gelenek

Brauch

costumbre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹəˈdɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tradicioun

In summary

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

Sentences

This tradition has only been threatened three times .

But the Tradition also says that we should believe the messages of the desert .