tra'ditionist

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tradition (trəˈdɪʃən)

—n
1.	the handing down from generation to generation of the same customs, beliefs, etc, esp by word of mouth
2.	the body of customs, thought, practices, etc, belonging to a particular country, people, family, or institution over a relatively long period
3.	a specific custom or practice of long standing
4.	Christianity a doctrine or body of doctrines regarded as having been established by Christ or the apostles though not contained in Scripture
5.	(often capital) Judaism a body of laws regarded as having been handed down from Moses orally and only committed to writing in the 2nd century ad
6.	the beliefs and customs of Islam supplementing the Koran, esp as embodied in the Sunna
7.	chiefly law, Roman law, Scots law the act of formally transferring ownership of movable property; delivery

[C14: from Latin trāditiō a handing down, surrender, from trādere to give up, transmit, from trans- + dāre to give]

tra'ditionless

—*adj*

tra'ditionist

—n

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