oral tradition


noun
  1. a community's cultural and historical traditions passed down by word of mouth or example from one generation to another without written instruction.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use oral tradition in a sentence

  • This was, likely, secretly taught by word of mouth as Qabbalah or oral tradition to the initiates, and was never put into writing.

    Scarabs | Isaac Myer
  • Where neither written evidence nor oral tradition exist there can be little question of historic order.