Tradition

tra-dish'un, n. Act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery; unwritten or oral handing down of opinions, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials. [L. traditio, tradere, tradition, to give up, transmit, trans (q. v.), over, and dare, to give; traitor, treason, betray.] — Traditional, a. Of, pert, to, or derived from, tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only. — Traditionally, adv. — Traditionary, -a-ri, a. Of, pert, to, or derived from, tradition; traditional. — TradFtioner, -tionist, n. One who adheres to tradition. — Trad'itive, tracKf-tiv, a. Transmitted or transmi ible from father to son, or from age to age, by oral communication.