Definition for Tradition (-s, -'s)

tradition (-s, -'s), n. [OFr tradicion, delivery, surrender, handing down, instruction, doctrine.] (webplay: word).

  1. Custom; practice passed through generations; proper mode of behavior; correct way of being.
  2. Legend; fairy tale; story passed down through generations.
  3. Entity of long ago; something remembered only through legends; thing which no longer exists.
  4. Folk wisdom.

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