tradition
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.
Other meanings
A commonly held system. en
“They followed the tradition of lighting candles for special occasions.”
An established or distinctive style or method
Related words
- antitradition
- countertradition
- mistradition
- neotradition
- protradition
- subtradition
- traditionate
- traditionbound
- traditionism
- traditionist
- traditionitis
- traditionize
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "trāditiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tradition” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.