tradition

  • 121Tradition — Hævd, arvesæt, overlevering, hævdvunden skik …

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  • 122tradition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. belief, practice, usage, custom, culture, folklore. See oldness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The process of preserving orally] Syn. folklore, legend, fable, popular knowledge, myth, lore, wisdom of the… …

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  • 123Tradition — Tra|di|ti|on die; , en <aus lat. traditio »Übergabe, Überlieferung« zu tradere, vgl. ↑tradieren>: 1. a) Überlieferung, Herkommen; b) Brauch, Gewohnheit, Gepflogenheit; c) (selten) das Tradieren, Weitergabe (an spätere Generationen) …

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  • 124TRADITION —    that which is handed over or passed on from the past as distinct from modern ideas and theories. It denotes a class of actions motivated by specific perceptions, thoughts and BELIEFS held together by some principle of development. Nevertheless …

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  • 125tradition — tra·di·tion || trÉ™ dɪʃn n. custom, practice, convention …

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  • 126tradition — noun 1》 the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.     ↘a long established custom or belief passed on from one generation to another. 2》 an artistic or literary method or… …

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  • 127tradition — n. 1. (Law.) Transfer (of possession), delivery. 2. Oral report (from one generation to another) …

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  • 128tradition — n folklore, lore, oral history, unwritten law; custom, practice, way, fashion, procedure, policy, rule, use; habit, convention, wont, praxis, usage, observance, habitude, second nature; consuetude, Law. presciption, routine, course;… …

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