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.

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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.