# tradition

Pronunciation: say "truh-DISH-uhn" /tɹəˈdɪʃn̩/

## Noun

1. An element of culture passed from person to person or generation to generation, often varying in detail between families, such as ways of celebrating holidays.
   - Simple: A custom or belief that older people pass on to younger ones over time.
   - _The village preserves a midsummer tradition that dates back centuries._
   - _Each generation reshapes the tradition slightly to fit its own time._
2. An established or distinctive style or method, especially one associated with a particular school, place, or body of practice.
   - Simple: A set way of doing something that a place or group is known for.
   - _Her paintings belong to the tradition of European landscape art._
   - _The firm built its reputation in the tradition of meticulous craftsmanship._
3. A system of belief, idea, or practice held in common by many people.
   - Simple: A shared set of beliefs or ideas that many people accept and follow.
   - _Western philosophical tradition traces many ideas back to ancient Greece._
   - _The legal tradition of this country rests on centuries of precedent._
4. The act of delivering something into the hands of another; the handing over of property or goods.
   - Simple: The act of handing something over and giving it to another person.
   - _In Roman law, ownership transferred through the tradition of the thing sold._
   - _The contract specified that tradition of the deeds would finalize the transfer._

## Verb

5. To transmit something by way of tradition; to hand it down from one generation to another. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To pass something down from older people to younger ones over time.
   - _The monks traditioned their teachings carefully from one age to the next._
   - _Priests would tradition the sacred rites to their chosen successors._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, which is from the verb trādō. It is a doublet of "treason."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tradition (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).