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tradition |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tradition \Tra*di"tion\, n. [OE. tradicioun L. traditio, from tradere to give up transmit. See {Treason}, {Traitor}.] 1. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. ``A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.'' --Blackstone. 2. 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. 3. 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. Will you mock at an ancient tradition begun upon an honorable respect? --Shak. Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pr['e]. --Longfellow. 4. (Theol.) a An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai. Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. --Mark vii. 13. b 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. Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. --2 Thess. ii 15. {Tradition Sunday} (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; -- so called because the creed was then taught to candidates for baptism at Easter. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tradition \Tra*di"tion\, v. t. To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down [Obs.] The following story is . . . traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics. --Fuller. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tradition n 1: an inherited pattern of thought or action 2: a specific practice of long standing [syn: {custom}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Tradition any kind of teaching, written or spoken, handed down from generation to generation. In Mark 7:3, 9, 13, Col. 2:8, this word refers to the arbitrary interpretations of the Jews. In 2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6, it is used in a good sense Peter (1 Pet. 1:18) uses this word with reference to the degenerate Judaism of the "strangers scattered" whom he addresses (comp. Acts 15:10; Matt. 15:2-6; Gal. 1:14).
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