All 3 Uses of
tradition
in
The Chrysalids
- Our district, and, consequently, our house as the first there, was called Waknuk because of a tradition that there had been a place of that name there, or thereabouts, long, long ago, in the time of the Old People.†
Chpt 2
- The tradition was, as usual, vague, but certainly there had been some buildings of some kind, for the remnants and foundations had remained until they were taken for new buildings.†
Chpt 2 *
- Petra, too, was encouraged by finding that none of them fulfilled the traditional description of Hairy Jack.†
Chpt 14traditional = relating to practice or belief that is long-established or was previously long-established OR relating to stories passed down through generations
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