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tradition

[truh-dish-uhn] / trəˈdɪʃ ən /


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States need to recognize and protect these rights with “due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Based on an island tradition, last celebrated in 1914, it marked the first full moon of February with light, art and torchlit processions.

From BBC

Yet some traditions have outlived the kingdoms that created them.

From BBC

Galsworthy’s heroes represent the way new money can be trapped between stifling tradition and modern realities, but our social boundaries are constantly shifting.

From Salon

In contrast, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!” diverges from television’s holiday tradition of genuflecting before Hollywood history and its long-accepted and outdated vision of what religious figures look like.

From Salon