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tra·di·tion (
trə-dĭsh'ən)
n.- The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication.
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- A mode of thought or behavior followed by a people continuously from generation to generation; a custom or usage.
- A set of such customs and usages viewed as a coherent body of precedents influencing the present: followed family tradition in dress and manners. See synonyms at heritage.
- A body of unwritten religious precepts.
- A time-honored practice or set of such practices.
My daughter would like to be the third generation from our family to serve in the RN. My father went to BRNC aged 13 in 1947, I went aged 18 in 1978.