Some scholars consider it most likely that this Jewish tradition of fallen angels predates, even in written form, the composition of Gen 6:1-4.

The tradition of activist First Ladies clearly predates Ellen Wilson in 1913.

The yellow-ribbon tradition predates Tony Orlando's 1973 song to a considerable extent.

Though this dance-theatre tradition predates the composition of the Harivamsa, Vishnu and Bhagavata Purana, they were significant in its evolution.

These traditions predate the Christians coming to Lithuania and, as such, are all pagan beliefs.

The musical tradition at the Roger Smith actually predates the renovation.

Clearly the tradition predates our oldest surviving copy, that of the Book of Leinster.

Lebanon's viticultural tradition even predates Jesus' first mircle.

More than in Europe, where national traditions predate the Enlightenment, secular rationalism is the foundation of the state and the law of the land.

The tradition of depositing bronze artefacts in hoards in this region predates the Urnfield culture, reaching back to the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC.