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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
- Louie won so many wristwatches, the traditional laurel of track, that he began handing them out all over town.p. 19.6
- The hit of the village was the Japanese contingent, whose tradition of prodigious gift giving made them the collective Santa Claus of the Games.p. 31.6
- On deck, men were assembling to raise flags as a band played the national anthem, a Sunday morning tradition.p. 47.2
- Naming bombers was a grand tradition.p. 63.5
- As the laborer prepared a plate of pickles and a cup of tea, a traditional offering to visitors, the officer pulled out a photograph of Watanabe, dressed in his sergeant's uniform.p. 354.8
- "Every head bowed and every eye closed," said Graham, offering a traditional invitation to repentance, a declaration of faith, and absolution.p. 373.8
- In the corner of a sitting room in her house, Shizuka would keep a small shrine to Mutsuhiro, a tradition among bereaved Japanese families.p. 379.4
There are no more uses of "tradition" in Unbroken by Hillenbrand.
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