n]
| 1. | the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, esp. by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition. |
| 2. | something that is handed down: the traditions of the Eskimos. |
| 3. | a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting: The rebellious students wanted to break with tradition. |
| 4. | a continuing pattern of culture beliefs or practices. |
| 5. | a customary or characteristic method or manner: The winner took a victory lap in the usual track tradition. |
| 6. | Theology.
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| 7. | Law. an act of handing over something to another, esp. in a formal legal manner; delivery; transfer. |

tra·di·tion (trə-dĭsh'ən) n.
[Middle English tradicion, from Old French, from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōn-, from trāditus, past participle of trādere, to hand over, deliver, entrust : trā-, trāns-, trans- + dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.] |
Tradition
any kind of teaching, written or spoken, handed down from generation to generation. In Mark 7:3, 9, 13, Col. 2:8, this word refers to the arbitrary interpretations of the Jews. In 2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6, it is used in a good sense. Peter (1 Pet. 1:18) uses this word with reference to the degenerate Judaism of the "strangers scattered" whom he addresses (comp. Acts 15:10; Matt. 15:2-6; Gal. 1:14).