All 3 Uses of
tradition
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.†
Chpt 5 *traditional = relating to practice or belief that is long-established or was previously long-established OR relating to stories passed down through generations
- It was a lonely place, and an hour made solemn by old traditions.†
Chpt 25traditions = long-established or previously long-established practices or beliefs
- It is falling now; it will still be falling when all these things shall have sunk down the afternoon of history, and the twilight of tradition, and been swallowed up in the thick night of oblivion.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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
and/or:
one or more practices, beliefs, or stories passed down through generations within a specific culture or group