Sentence examples for tradition linked from inspiring English sources

This apparently "narrow" Benedictine tradition linked him to a wider world.

"It's an old tradition linked to the Martinmas slaughter of the animals people couldn't afford to feed during the winter.

Shlomoh Pines introduced the term "dynamics"[20] to define his views, which no doubt were influenced by the tradition linked to John Philoponus (d. ca. 566).[21] There is a minimum amount of moving power for each movable.

Chhaupadi, a superstitious tradition linked to Hinduism that banishes women during their periods, considers menstruating women unclean.

Yazidis -- who follow an ancient religious tradition linked to Zoroastrianism -- are regarded as heretics by the extremist Islamic State group that has seized territory across Iraq and Syria.

But while instances of blackface make headlines in North America (usually in the form of a celebrity dressing up as a black person and subsequently apologizing), in some parts of Europe the practice is considered a holiday tradition linked with cultural identity.

In the nineteen-seventies, Philip Glass saluted the "maverick tradition," linking outsider music of the early twentieth century to the rebellious onset of minimalism.

Like much of Joyce's work, the stories participate in a tradition linking Charles Pooter and Alan Bennett, working their quietly eccentric magic by finding strange seams of feeling in the commonplace and the underdog.

There is a long and proud tradition linking politics and the black church, and never is it more apparent than on the Sunday before Election Day, as candidates for offices large and small parade across pulpits, urging people to vote -- for them.

Romanian historical tradition links the foundation of Moldavia to the "dismounting of Dragoş", a Romanian voivode from Maramureş.

After discussion, Rachel and Jay chose to follow the Jewish tradition, linking their baby to the long chain of males going back to ancient days.