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ancient tradition

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ancient
adjective
uk /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/ us /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very ...
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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk /trəˈdɪʃ.ən/ us /trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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Examples of ancient tradition


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Indeed, it has an ancienttradition.
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That is part of our ancienttradition.
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Why are we seeking to break that ancienttradition?
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She is very well aware of some of the pitfalls, especially those associated with the very ancienttradition of fraud and fakery.
That is why there is also the ancienttradition of "grievance before supply".
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It is not only the practice, it is a most ancienttradition.
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Geography is partly responsible, and there is our ancienttradition and history.
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Cannot we return to our ancient law and our ancienttradition?
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I should like to see us return to that ancienttradition of ours.
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In one way there was an attempt to palliate this obvious breach of ancienttradition.
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The country has an ancienttradition; one that should be harnessed to build peace.
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I have a little doubt about the wisdom of breaching an ancienttradition.
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I used an abbreviation which is hallowed by custom and ancienttradition.
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First, one removes the belief which is held and the ancienttradition.
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This conflicts with valuable existing rights, with reality and with ancienttradition.
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Who is, by ancienttradition, the authority entrusted with the final decision in matters concerning solicitors.
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I am not sure it is such a very ancienttradition.
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There is an ancienttradition which has now strangely come true.
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It has not got the advantage that we are adhering to ancienttradition.
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This practice is an ancienttradition.
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Much of that ancienttradition has faded.
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This is consistent with a more ancienttradition, associated with various eastern syllabic writing systems, which treats a word-final consonant as the onset of a syllable with a silent nucleus.
Visitors to our valleys think that it is an ancienttradition to have sheep wandering round our streets.
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But will he recognise this country's honourable and ancienttradition of providing asylum for people who are in real danger?
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Conducted in a responsible and non-provocative way, it can be seen as a decent remembrance of an ancienttradition.
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