Definition of tradition

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Tradition (n.) The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

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Judas-colored :: Judas-colored (a.) Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard.
Tradition :: Tradition (v. t.) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
Sunniah :: Sunna (n.) A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.
Scribe :: Scribe (n.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.
Ironbound :: Ironbound (a.) Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions..
Wig :: Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers..
Immemorial :: Immemorial (a.) Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial..
Clannish :: Clannish (a.) Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan..
Traditionalist :: Traditionalist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist..
Tractarian :: Tractarian (n.) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called Tracts for the Times, issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite..
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
Extraditable :: Extraditable (a.) Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice..
Druid :: Druid (n.) A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules..
Shiah :: Shiah (n.) A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans..
Oral :: Oral (a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law..
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) That body of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put forth by Christ or his apostles, and not committed to writing..
Traditive :: Traditive (a.) Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional..
Traditional :: Traditional (a.) Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures..
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