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Definition
a long-established or previously long-established practice or beliefand/or:
one or more practices, beliefs, or stories passed down through generations within a specific culture or group
- My family's Thanksgiving tradition is to gather together and eat turkey.
tradition = a long-established practice
- I want to have a traditional wedding ceremony compete with bridesmaids and a white dress.
- I stopped wearing my traditional watch once I had an Apple watch.
- It has been the Christian tradition to practice communion for thousands of years.
- The Jewish tradition is not to work on Saturday.
- My parents converted their traditional Investment Retirement Account to a Roth Investment Retirement Account to minimize future taxes.
- The night before, we had the traditional Friday evening meal.Elie Wiesel -- Night
- Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box.Shirley Jackson -- The Lottery
- Many animals had been born to whom the Rebellion was only a dim tradition, passed on by word of mouth, and others had been bought who had never heard mention of such a thing before their arrival.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- SS all round us, machine guns trained: the traditional ceremony.Elie Wiesel -- Night
- _ Do you believe in prayer? or has it become an indistinct apostolic tradition?Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The band's all in there, along with a giant buffet serving a traditional English roast.Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
- The COMMON MAN thus becomes the traditional Headsman.Robert Bolt -- A Man for All Seasons
- Martial tradition says a soldier who dies well dances among the stars, battling foes for all eternity.Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
- Tradition explains the ceremonies in this way.Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper
- YEARS AGO, when the children were small, Abby had started a tradition of hanging a row of ghosts down the length of the front porch every October.Anne Tayler -- A Spool of Blue Thread
- It was like you had this whole world of traditions and language I didn't understand, and there wasn't a place in it for me.Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
- I felt part of a great tradition.Sylvia Plath -- The Bell Jar
- "No, not in the traditional sense," answered Press.D.J. Machale -- The Merchant of Death
- The tradition of the Law was clearly losing its force.H.G. Wells -- The Island of Dr. Moreau
traditional = relating to practice that is long-established
traditional = relating to a type that is long-established
tradition = a practice passed down through generations within a specific culture or group
tradition = a practice passed down through generations within a specific culture or group
traditional = relating to practice that was previously long-established
traditional = long-established (having been done for a long time)
tradition = long-established practice
tradition = stories passed down through generations
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