traditionless
Variant of tradition
noun
- Obsolete a surrender or betrayal
- the handing down orally of stories, beliefs, customs, etc. from generation to generation
- a story, belief, custom, proverb, etc. handed down in this way
- a historical line of conventions, principles, or attitudes characteristic of a school, social group, movement, etc.: the realist tradition in literature
- a long-established custom or practice having the effect of precedent or unwritten law
- Law delivery (sense )
- Theol.
- among Jews, the unwritten religious code and doctrine regarded as handed down from Moses
- among Christians, the unwritten teachings regarded as handed down from Jesus and the Apostles
- among Muslims, the sayings and acts attributed to Mohammed and transmitted orally
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