Both Uses
tradition
in
The Great Gatsby
(Edited)
- The Carraways are something of a clan, and we have a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, but the actual founder of my line was my grandfather's brother, who came here in fifty-one, sent a substitute to the Civil War, and started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on today.
p. 3.1tradition = belief passed down through the generations
- It is a family tradition.
p. 65.5 *tradition = long-established practice
Definitions:
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(1)
(tradition) a long-established or previously long-established practice or belief
and/or:
one or more practices, beliefs, or stories passed down through generations within a specific culture or group - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)