lore

n. [ OE. lore, lare, AS. lār, fr. l&aemacr_;ran to teach; akin to D. leer teaching, doctrine, G. lehre, Dan. lære, Sw. lära. See Learn, and cf. Lere, v. t. ] 1. That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore; folklore. “The lore of war.” Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

If please ye, listen to my lore. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Workmanship. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. & p. p. of Lose. [ See Lose. ] Lost. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither of them she found where she them lore. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ &unr_;. Cf. Losel. ] A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. strong p. p. of Lose. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lore learning + man. ] An instructor. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Loreto in Italy. ] (R. C. Ch.) (a) One of an order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the western United States. (b) A Loreto nun. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]