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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
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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
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“Lore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lore. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022.
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