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oral tradition

oral tradition noun: cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another.

Noun

oral tradition (countable and uncountable, plural oral traditions)

  1. Cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another.
    Synonyms:
    oral lore

Synonyms of oral tradition

Forms of oral tradition

pluraloral traditions

Questions about oral tradition

What does oral tradition mean?
Oral tradition means cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another.
What part of speech is oral tradition?
Oral tradition is a noun.
What is the plural of oral tradition?
The plural of oral tradition is oral traditions.

Words near oral tradition in the dictionary

  1. oral surgeon
  2. oral surgeons
  3. oral surgeries
  4. oral surgery
  5. Oral Torah
  6. oral tradition
  7. oral traditions
  8. oral vowel
  9. oral vowels
  10. oralature
  11. oralatures

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