name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Instructive discourse; instruction; teaching. obsolete, uncountable

   "all they, as a Goddesse her adoring, / Her wisedome did admire, and hearkned to her loring."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A census-designated place in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.
3. 3
   A ghost town in Wright County, Missouri.
4. 4
   An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana.

Example

More examples

"all they, as a Goddesse her adoring, / Her wisedome did admire, and hearkned to her loring."

Etymology

From lore + -ing.

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