tradition
Pronunciation: /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ən/
The English word “tradition” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- A commonly held system.
- An established or distinctive style or method
- The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
- The entirety of a text's transmission; all the versions of a work.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason.
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