tradition
noun
[ trəˈdɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
• "members of different castes have by tradition been associated with specific occupations"
• a doctrine believed to have divine authority though not in the scriptures.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French tradicion, or from Latin traditio(n- ), from tradere ‘deliver, betray’, from trans- ‘across’ + dare ‘give’.
