tradition

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Noun

tradition (plural traditions)

  1. A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
    • 1920 T. S. Eliot, “Tradition and the Individual Talent”, in The Sacred Wood:
      Yet if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, "tradition" should positively be discouraged.
    • 1850 Charles Dickens, A Christmas Tree:
      After breakfast, Charles Macdoodle told Lady Mary that it was a tradition in the family that those rumbling carriages on the terrace betokened death.
  2. A commonly held system.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Tue Sep 7 03:10:54 2010

Traditions serve to preserve a wide range of culturally significant ideas, specific practices and the various methods used by distinct cultures. The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem which is the accusative case of traditio which means "handing over, passing on".

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Thu Sep 2 21:01:55 2010

Why some authors in the Catholic tradition remain unafraid of contact with other religions and world views?
Q. Explain why some authors in the Catholic tradition remain unafraid of contact with other religions and world views. Think about basic principles, such as 'unity', from Pieper, Dulles, De Lubac, and Newman.
Asked by blah b - Mon Oct 13 21:16:20 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. (Matthew 29:19-20) The mission of the Church is to proclaim and establish the Kingdom of God begun by Jesus Christ among all peoples. This mission cannot be accomplished by not talking to or being afraid of the people of the world. It is also a bit hard to not contact the other people of the world when 1 in 6 people in the world are Catholic. For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 767-769: With love in Christ.
Answered by imacatholic2 - Mon Oct 13 23:18:38 2008

Why do alot of people not understand the difference between tradition and etiquette?
Q. They are not the same thing. Tradition can be changed easily. Etiquette is in place for a reason and except in very rare circumstances, should not be changed.
Asked by *Miss_Autumn* - Sat Dec 13 19:34:13 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Amen! This attitude of "it's your wedding do what you want" seems to be an excuse to not have proper consideration of everyone involved.
Answered by Cassie - Sat Dec 13 19:38:19 2008

Is it a British tradition to bring grapes to someone in hospital?
Q. I watch a lot of British television shows and have noticed that they seem to always bring grapes to friends/family in hospital. Since flowers are traditional here in America, I was wondering if this was a specifically British tradition. Also wondering, why grapes?
Asked by k_nightfox - Tue Aug 24 04:11:45 2010 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yeah if you watch English tv they always show people giving grapes to those in hospital. But to be honest, we don't really do that in real life! We might bring fruit occasionally, but it is normally flowers, like in America. The grape thing... well I don't really know where that come from! Maybe people used to do that like, 100 years ago? I don' know, but it isn't a tradition nowadays. (:
Answered by Jen - Tue Aug 24 04:15:54 2010

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Tradition refers to the adherence to practices handed down from generations past.

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  • All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.
  • Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
  • ...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty.
    • William Graham Sumner
  • In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, the static routine of tradition continues.
    • Joseph Jastrow
  • Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the authority of men counted great in philosophy, and then by general consent.
  • Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.
  • Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.
  • The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.