tradition English · revision 4816

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1380|origins=la traditio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /trəˈdɪʃ.ən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|tradicioun]], [[bor|fro|tradicion|t=handing over]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and directly from [[la|trāditiō|t=a handing down, surrender]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) a noun of action from trādere “to hand over, deliver”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) formed from trāns- “over” and dare “to give”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is thus a doublet of [[treason]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and related to [[traitor]].^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A statement, belief or practice handed down from generation to generation, especially in theology: about 1380 in the OED, about 1382 in the Wycliffe Bible in Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The literal sense, the handing over or surrender of something, is from 1482 and 1540 and is now obsolete or historical.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) The act of handing down beliefs is from 1591,^(OED 1989) and the meaning “a long-established custom” is from the 1590s.^(Etymonline) By 1718 it was used of the hadiths of Islam.^(Etymonline) ''Traditional'' is from 1594, in Shakespeare.^(Barnhart 1988) The short ''trad'', usually of jazz, is from the 1950s.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1380 – beliefs handed down.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1482 – surrender, betrayal.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1590s – a long-established custom.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1594 – ''traditional''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1718 – the hadiths of Islam.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[custom]] or belief that has existed for a long time and is passed from one generation to the next.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The passing down of customs and beliefs.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A body of art, literature or thought that follows earlier models: ''the Romantic tradition''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[traditional]]

+ * [[traditionally]]

+ * [[traditionless]]

+ * [[antitradition]]

+ * [[countertradition]]

+ * [[protradition]]

+ * [[traditionist]]

+ * [[traditionalism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[treason]]

+ * [[traitor]]

+ * [[trad]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}