tradição — meaning in English

English meaning

• custom noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
• lore noun The accumulated knowledge, stories, and traditions about a subject, passed down over time.
• tradition noun A custom, belief, or practice passed down within a family, community, or culture over generations.

Senses

tradição is used for these senses in English:

• custom (legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
• tradition 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.

custom — full definition

1. noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
2. adj Made specifically to someone's particular requirements, rather than mass-produced.
3. noun The regular patronage a business gets from its customers.

lore — full definition

1. noun The accumulated knowledge, stories, and traditions about a subject, passed down over time.
2. noun The invented backstory and history behind a fictional world, character, or setting.

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