All 3 Uses of
tradition
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- While we can and will teach you the necessary skills to become England's future wives and mothers, hostesses and bearers of the Empire's feminine traditions, it will be up to each of you to nurture and feed your souls, and to apply yourselves with grace, charm, and beauty.†
Chpt 5traditions = long-established or previously long-established practices or beliefs
- "We have a tradition here at Spence," Felicity says.†
Chpt 7 *
- MY DICTIONARY HAS NO formal entry for this occasion, but if it did, it might go something like this: Assembly Day (n.) A boarding school tradition in which the family of the schoolgirl is allowed a visit, resulting in the mortification of all and the enjoyment of none.†
Chpt 26
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