Definition of tradition

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Tradition (v. t.) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

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Mishna :: Mishna (n.) A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud..
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..
Sunniah :: Sunna (n.) A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.
Cabalist :: Cabalist (n.) One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions..
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..
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..
Zohar :: Zohar (n.) A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century..
Rabbinism :: Rabbinism (n.) The teachings and traditions of the rabbins.
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..
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed..
Traditionaries :: Traditionaries (pl. ) of Traditionar.
Traditionary :: Traditionary (n.) One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them..
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
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..
Tradition :: Tradition (v. t.) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
Extraditable :: Extraditable (a.) Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses..
Alcoranist :: Alcoranist (n.) One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions..
Puritan :: Puritan (n.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England..
Extradition :: Extradition (n.) The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.
Traditionalist :: Traditionalist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist..
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