Collocations for tradition - noun

age-old, ancient, archaic, centuries-old, deep-rooted, enduring, living, long/long-established, old, time-honoured, unbroken, well-established | distinguished, fine, great, honourable | cherished, hallowed | dominant, powerful, strong | ancestral, family | local, national, native | folk, popular | oral | Catholic, Christian, pagan, etc. | Eastern, English, European, etc. | 19th-century, classical, medieval, modernist, etc. | academic, artistic, cultural, ideological, literary, military, musical, philosophical, political, religious, sociological, sporting, teaching, theatrical
This region has a great sporting tradition.

democratic, liberal, radical, revolutionary

have | cherish, continue, follow (in), keep alive, maintain, preserve, uphold
Following in the Hitchcock tradition, he always appears in the films he directs. | Villagers get together every year to keep this age-old tradition alive.

hand down
an oral tradition handed down from generation to generation

break (with), go against
He broke with the family tradition and did not go down the mines.

establish, start | revive

continue, die hard, survive
Old habits and traditions die hard.

according to (a/the) ~
According to tradition, a tree grew on the spot where the king was killed.

by ~
By tradition, nobody interrupts an MP''s maiden speech.

in (a/the) ~
In time-honoured tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed on the ship. | He''s a politician in the tradition of (= similar in style to) Kennedy.

a departure from tradition
In a departure from tradition, the bride wore a red dress.

in the best traditions of sth
The building was constructed in the best traditions of medieval church architecture.

respect for tradition
I acquired lasting respect for tradition and veneration for the past.