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Tradition vs Purist - What's the difference?

tradition | purist |

As nouns the difference between tradition and purist

is that tradition is 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 while purist is an advocate of purism.

As a verb tradition

is to transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

As an adjective purist is

of or pertaining to purism.

tradition

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • *
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
  • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=2 citation , passage=Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.}}
  • *
  • A commonly held system. (rfex)
  • The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
  • * Blackstone
  • A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.

    Derived terms

    * traditional * traditionally * traditionalism

    Synonyms

    * (a commonly held system) doctrine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
  • * Fuller
  • The following story is traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.

    purist

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to purism
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advocate of purism
  • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

  • (l)
  • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , purist, puristi , purista, purista , puristu, puristima , purista, puriste , puriste, puristi , puristu, puristima , puristom, puristima }}

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