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lore

DEFINITION: (noun) Accumulated facts, traditions, or beliefs about a particular subject.

USAGE: He had taught the children something of the forest lore that he had himself learned from Tiger Lily and Tinker Bell, and knew that in their dire hour they were not likely to forget it.

SYNONYMS: traditional knowledge.

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