1
: a particular body of knowledge or tradition
the lore of baseball heroes
2
: something that is learned:
a
: traditional knowledge or belief
tribal lore
b
: knowledge gained through study or experience
the lore of religious architecture
3
archaic
: something that is taught : lesson
: the space between the eye and bill in a bird or the corresponding region in a reptile or fish
—usually used in plural
dark lores
Examples of lore in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the home gardener had acquired her herbal lore from many years of trial and error
set out to study the rich lore of the Cajun people of Louisiana before it all vanished
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Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
The scene of the team assembling plays out pretty much as that lore would suggest.
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Brainrots have been given backstories, expansive lore and family members (again, crowdsourced by anonymous internet-users).
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Labyrinthine lore be damned, the Demon Slayer franchise is a phenomenon.
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Noun
This lore drop about the legendary warrior-chief is a withering tease for Kōnane, a once-ubiquitous pastime that was carved into stone slabs across the islands, some of which still protrude from the ground.
—Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
The scene of the team assembling plays out pretty much as that lore would suggest.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Brainrots have been given backstories, expansive lore and family members (again, crowdsourced by anonymous internet-users).
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Labyrinthine lore be damned, the Demon Slayer franchise is a phenomenon.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Lore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lore. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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