TRADITION
\tɹɐdˈɪʃən], \tɹɐdˈɪʃən], \t_ɹ_ɐ_d_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of TRADITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
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The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.
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Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed.
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An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.
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To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
By Oddity Software
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The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
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The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.
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Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed.
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An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.
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To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
By Noah Webster.
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The oral handing down of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, etc., through successive generations, or from father to son; that which is so handed down; as, the tradition of King Arthur and the Round Table; an ancient custom or story; a story relating to historical characters but not itself based on fact; as, the tradition of George Washington and the cherry tree; any belief which owes its general acceptance to habit rather than to reason.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Act of delivering into the hands of another ; delivery ; - act of handing down from mouth to mouth narratives of facts or incidents, or of transmitting from age to age customs and practices ;-especially, act or process of transmitting from age to age, or from one member or functionary of the church to another, religions doctrines, opinions, rites, ceremonies, &c. ;-sum of religious faith and observance derived from antiquity by oral communication;- that which is handed down ; an ancient doctrine or belief; an old custom or practice; popular delusion or fancy; old fable; family story; legend, &c.
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