lore

Definition

All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

Etymology

From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.

Example Sentences

• "the recondite lore of the Ancient Egyptians"
• "He to them calles and speakes, yet nought avayles; / They heare him not, they have forgot his lore / But go which way they list; their guide they have forelore."
• "The succession story would get repeated so often that it would turn into Silicon Valley lore."