Tradition vs. Custom

Traditionnoun

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

Traditionnoun

A commonly held system. en

Traditionnoun

The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

Traditionverb

(obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

Traditionnoun

The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

Traditionnoun

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.

Traditionnoun

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.

Traditionnoun

An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.

Traditionnoun

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.

Traditionverb

To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

Traditionnoun

an inherited pattern of thought or action

Traditionnoun

a specific practice of long standing

Tradition

A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of folklore, common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers' spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings.

Customnoun

Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

Customnoun

Traditional beliefs or rituals

Customnoun

Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.

Customnoun

(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.

Customnoun

(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.

Customnoun

The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

Customadjective

Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made

Customadjective

Own, personal, not standard or premade

Customadjective

(archaic) accustomed; usual

Customverb

To make familiar; to accustom.

Customverb

To supply with customers.

Customverb

To pay the customs of.

Customverb

To have a custom.

Customnoun

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

Customnoun

Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.

Customnoun

Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.

Customnoun

Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.

Customnoun

The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

Customnoun

Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.

Customverb

To make familiar; to accustom.

Customverb

To supply with customers.

Customverb

To have a custom.

Customverb

To pay the customs of.

Customnoun

accepted or habitual practice

Customnoun

a specific practice of long standing

Customnoun

money collected under a tariff

Customnoun

habitual patronage;

Customadjective

made according to the specifications of an individual

Customnoun

a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time

Customnoun

a thing that one does habitually

Customnoun

established usage having the force of law or right.

Customnoun

regular dealings with a shop or business by customers

Customadjective

made or done to order; custom-made