Definition for LORE

LORE, n.1 [Sax. lar, from the root of læran, to learn; D. leer; G. lehre; Dan. lære; Sw. lära.]

Learning; doctrine; lesson; instruction. The law of nations, are the lore of war. – Fairfax. Lo! Rome herself, proud mistress now no more / Of arts, but thundering against heathen lore. – Pope.

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