Entry Word: lore

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a body of facts learned by study or experience <the home gardener had acquired her herbal lore from many years of trial and error> — see knowledge 1
2 the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place <set out to study the rich lore of the Cajun people of Louisiana before it all vanished> — see folklore