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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
“We believe it is our duty to pass on this tradition of our forefathers to our children.”
“According to tradition, this monastery was erected by Emperor Constantine IV in 679.”
“Her decision not to vote with the consensus view marked a break with tradition among those attending their first meeting.”
traditionalism
The adherence to traditional views or practices, especially with regard to cultural or religious matters.
A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude; the doctrine that human reason is of itself radically unable to know with certainty any truth or, at least, the fundamental truths of the metaphysical, moral, and religious order.
“The sources suggest that his reputation as a traditionist went far beyond those circles and groups that are identified with him.”
“The traditionist 'At says that at this stage the Prophet used to lift up his hands and pray.”
“This traditional attitude of the juristic thought was generally more pronounced among the traditionist or literalists than that of the Rationalists or liberalists.”
“However, the historians and traditionists are unanimous that the official codex was adopted under the third Caliph Uthman.”
“To traditionists, yellow gold brings more luck than white gold.”
“It correctly perceived a shift in interpretative focus away from the Bible's literal narrative and toward the authors and traditionists behind or below that narrative.”
