Meaning of tradition | Babel Free

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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.
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2. tradisioneel تَقْليدي традиционен tradicional tradiční traditionell traditionel παραδοσιακόςtradicional traditsiooniline سنتی perinteinen traditionnelמסורתי चलन के अनुसार tradicionalan hagyományos tradisional hefðbundinn; arftekinn tradizionale 伝統的な 전통적인 tradicinis tradicionāls tradisional traditioneelvanlig, tradisjonelltradycyjny سنتی tradicional tradiţional традиционный tradičný tradicionalen tradicionalni traditionell, traditionsenlig โบราณ geleneksel 傳統的 традиційний; що передається з пок...
3. A commonly held system.
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4. lore
5. tradisioneel تَقْليديّاً традиционно tradicionalmente tradičně traditionell traditionelt παραδοσιακάtradicionalmente traditsiooniliselt بطور سنتی perinteisesti traditionnellement עַל פִּי הַמָסוֹרֶת परम्परा के अनुसार tradicionalno hagyományosan secara tradisional á hefðbundinn hátt tradizionalmente 伝統的に 전통적으로 tradiciškai tradicionāli mengikut tradisi traditioneeltradisjonelt, på vanlig måte tradycyjnie په سنتی ډول tradicionalmente (în mod) tradiţional традиционно tradične tradicionalno tradic...
6. An established or distinctive style or method
   countable, uncountable
7. The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication: cultural practices that are preserved by tradition.
8. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
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9. A mode of thought or behavior followed by a people continuously from generation to generation; a custom or usage: the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
10. The entirety of a text's transmission; all the versions of a work.
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11. A precept or a body of precepts that are not written in the sacred book of a religion, such as the Bible, but are considered holy or true.
12. A style or method of an activity or practice, especially of artistic expression, that is recognized and sometimes imitated: satire in the tradition of Jonathan Swift.
13. A piece of folklore: "a popular medieval tradition that identified the queen of Sheba with the Blessed Virgin Mary" (Nicholas Clapp).
14. the handing down from generation to generation of the same customs, beliefs, etc, esp by word of mouth
15. the body of customs, thought, practices, etc, belonging to a particular country, people, family, or institution over a relatively long period
16. a specific custom or practice of long standing

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Examples

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

“Yet if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, "tradition" should positively be discouraged.”

“Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.”

“The tradition continues today. Twenty-four-year-old Aziza Tojiyeva, who lives in a small village about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, learned how to embroider from her mother, Mukhabbat Kuchkarova, who learned from her own grandmother.”

“They followed the tradition of lighting candles for special occasions.”

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

“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.”

“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).”

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