Definitions for: Tradition


[n] a specific practice of long standing
[n] an inherited pattern of thought or action



Webster (1913) Definition: Tra*di"tion, n. [OE. tradicioun, L. traditio, from
tradere to give up, transmit. See Treason, Traitor.]
1. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
``A deed takes effect only from the tradition or
delivery.'' --Blackstone.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Will you mock at an ancient tradition begun upon an
honorable respect? --Shak.

Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful
village of Grand-Pr['e]. --Longfellow.

4. (Theol.)
(a) An unwritten code of law represented to have been
given by God to Moses on Sinai.

Making the word of God of none effect through
your tradition, which ye have delivered. --Mark
vii. 13.
(b) That body of doctrine and discipline, or any article
thereof, supposed to have been put forth by Christ or
his apostles, and not committed to writing.

Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye
have been taught, whether by word or our
epistle. --2 Thess. ii.
15.

Tradition Sunday (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; -- so called because
the creed was then taught to candidates for baptism at
Easter.


Tra*di"tion, v. t.
To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. [Obs.]

The following story is . . . traditioned with very much
credit amongst our English Catholics. --Fuller.

Synonyms: custom

See Also: cognitive content, content, habit, institution, mental object, practice, wont

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