<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.</li><li>Something that is handed down: the traditions of the American South.</li><li>A long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting: The rebellious students wanted to break with tradition.</li><li>A continuing pattern of cultural beliefs or practices.</li><li>A customary or characteristic method or manner: The winner took a victory lap in the usual track tradition.</li><li>(Among Jews) body of laws and doctrines, or any one of them, held to have been received from Moses and originally handed down orally from generation to generation.</li><li>(Among Christians) a body of teachings, or any one of them, held to have been delivered by Christ and His apostles but not originally committed to writing.</li><li>(Among Muslims) a hadith.</li><li>Law: an act of handing over something to another, especially in a formal legal manner; delivery; transfer.</li></ul>