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   lore

   /lɔː/

   noun

   • 1. a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth: "the jinns of Arabian lore" Similar mythologymythslegendsstoriestraditionsfolkloreculturebeliefssayingssuperstitionsfantasyoral traditiontechnical:mythosmythusknowledgelearningwisdominformal:know-howhow-to

   Word Origin Old Englishlār ‘instruction’, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch leer, German Lehre, also to learn.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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