英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Tradition
(n.)
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.
Tradition
(n.)
An unwritten code of law represented to have been given
by God to Moses on Sinai.
Tradition
(n.)
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.
Tradition
(v. t.)
To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
Traditional
(a.)
Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition;
communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted
from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional
customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
Traditional
(a.)
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs;
old-fashioned.
Traditionalist
(n.)
An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a
traditionist.
Traditionally
(adv.)
In a traditional manner.
Traditionaries
(pl. )
of Traditionary
Traditionarily
(adv.)
By tradition.
Traditionary
(a.)
Traditional.
Traditionary
(n.)
One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority
of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.
Traditioner
(n.)
Alt. of Traditionist
Traditionist
(n.)
One who adheres to tradition.
Traditionlism
(n.)
A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the
doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is
delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes.
Traditive
(a.)
Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from
age, by oral communication; traditional.
Traditor
(n.)
A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who
delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their
persecutors to save their lives.
Traduce
(v. t.)
To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce
mental qualities to one's descendants.
Traduce
(v. t.)
To translate from one language to another; as, to
traduce and compose works.
Traduce
(v. t.)
To increase or distribute by propagation.