Ghostlore

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A genre of folklore concerning ghosts. uncountable

    "Three other sections of the state are important in this connection: the Adirondack Mountains and parts of the Catskills, which while sparsely settled and only slightly represented in this collection, have much good ghostlore yet to be collected."

Synonyms

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ghostology

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"Three other sections of the state are important in this connection: the Adirondack Mountains and parts of the Catskills, which while sparsely settled and only slightly represented in this collection, have much good ghostlore yet to be collected."

Etymology

From ghost + lore (“learning, knowledge”).

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