| Tradition (tradition) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tra*di"tion |
| [OE. tradicioun,
L. traditio, from tradere to give up, transmit. See
Treason, Traitor.] |
The act of
delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
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.
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.
An unwritten
code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on
Sinai.
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| Tradition (tradition) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Tra*di"tion |
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To transmit by way of
tradition; to hand down.
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