Definition of: tradition

(trə·dish′ən) noun
1. The transmission of knowledge, opinions, doctrines, customs, practices, etc., from generation to generation, originally by word of mouth and by example.
2. That which is so transmitted; a body of beliefs and usages handed down from generation to generation; also, any particular story, belief, or usage so handed down; hence, remembrance, or recollection existing as by transmission.
3. That body of Christian doctrine, handed down through successive generations and held by some churches to belong to the deposit of faith, even if it may not be found in the Holy Scripture.
4. Among the Jews, an unwritten code said to have been revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai at the time of the delivery of the Decalog and handed down through the oral teaching of prophets and doctors of the law.
5. The record of the acts and utterances of Mohammed, known as the Sunna.
6. A custom so long continued that it has almost the force of a law.
7. Law Delivery of possession. [<OF tradicion <L traditio, -onis a delivery, surrender <traditus, pp. of tradere deliver <trans- across + dare give. Doublet of TREASON.]
—tra·di′tion·er, tra·di′tion·ist noun