1. tradition - Noun
2. tradition - Verb
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.
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.
To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
Source: Webster's dictionary1920s–1940s The propagandist tradition consists of films made with the explicit purpose of persuading an audience of a point. Source: Internet
1500 BC–40 AD Informal, scientific descriptions of fish are represented within the Judeo-Christian tradition. Source: Internet
2014 jogging ban According to the BBC, Bujumbura residents are known for their "tradition of Saturday morning runs started during Burundi's long years of ethnic conflict." Source: Internet
According to one Hadith, or record of prophetic tradition, a man asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): “What do you say of a man who loves a certain group of people but cannot be of them?” Source: Internet
20th century Cordelia's Portion by Ford Madox Brown By mid-century, the actor-manager tradition had declined, to be replaced by a structure where the major theatre companies employed professional directors as auteurs. Source: Internet
`Abdu'l-Bahá claimed that Mary traveled to Rome and spoke before the Emperor Tiberius, which is presumably why Pilate was later recalled to Rome for his cruel treatment of the Jews (a tradition also attested to in the Eastern Orthodox Church). Source: Internet