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 particular industry or artefact, or a particular feature of such an industry or artefact, which is continued for any length of time
An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai
A) The collective, historic experience and life of the Christian Community This includes many things: history, theology, spirituality, worship (*rite), customs, literature, law and discipline, and understanding of the Bible Tradition, as a way of Christian life, involves a process of growth and development in continuity with the past One speaks, for example, of the "Catholic Tradition "
(1) Collections of stories and interpretations transmitted orally from generation to generation and embodying the religious history and beliefs of a people or community Traditions of the patriarchs were eventually included in the J and E sagas and finally incorporated into the first book of the Torah (2) Oral explanations, interpretations, and applications of the written Torah (1 Chron 4: 22; Mark 7: 5, 9; Matt 15: 2; Gal 1: 15), many of which were eventually compiled in the Mishnah (3) Recollections and interpretations concerning Jesus that circulated orally through various early Christian churches and some of which were included in the Gospel narratives (1 Cor 15: 1-8; 2 Thess 2: 15)
That body of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put forth by Christ or his apostles, and not committed to writing
A tradition is a custom or belief that has existed for a long time. the rich traditions of Afro-Cuban music, and dance Mary has carried on the family tradition of giving away plants
[n] Customs, legends, or beliefs that are handed down from generation to generation, often by word of mouth or by example
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
the means by which beliefs, customs, stories, laws, religious practices, and other cultural phenomena are handed down from one generation from the next The Bible is in part a record of traditions, first among the Hebrew people and then among the Christians The Bible itself was first represented in tradition: in traditional stories and beliefs, in religious practices, and so on; only later was it written down and handed on in that form The study of tradition - of how things are handed on, and how they change or stay the same during the process - is of great importance for understanding the Bible and the beliefs that are based upon it See redaction criticism
If you say that something or someone is in the tradition of a person or thing from the past, you mean that they have many features that remind you of that person or thing. They're marvellous pictures in the tradition of Gainsborough