Sentence:  When these fields are surveyed together , important patterns of relationship emerge indicating a vast community of reciprocal influence , a continuity of thought and expression including <WSD>many</WSD> traditions , primarily literary , religious , and philosophical , but frequently including contact with the fine arts and even , to some extent , with science . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number