Tra*di"tion , v. t. To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. [Obs.]
The following story is . . . traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.
Fuller.
Tra*di"tion (?), n. [OE.
tradicioun, L. traditio, from tradere to give up, transmit. See Treason, Traitor.]
1. The act of
delivering into the hands of another; delivery. "A deed takes effect only from the
tradition or delivery." Blackstone.
2. The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions,
doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without
written memorials.
3.
Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from
ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed.
Will you mock
at an ancient tradition
begun upon an honorable respect?
Shak.
Naught but
tradition remains of
the beautiful village of Grand-Pré.
Longfellow.
4. (Theol.) (a) An unwritten code of law represented to have been
given by God to Moses
on Sinai.
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have
delivered.
Mark vii. 13.
(b) That
body of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put
forth by Christ or his
apostles, and not committed to writing.
Stand fast, and hold the
traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle.
2
Thess. ii. 15. Tradition Sunday (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; -- so called because the creed was
then taught to candidates for baptism at Easter.
Hear it pronounced