3. Dominion; power; authority.

They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise

lordship over them.

Mark x. 42.

Lore (lr), n. [F. lore, L. lorum thong.] (Zoöl.) (a) The space between

the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles

and fishes. (b) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

Lore, obs. imp. & p. p. of Lose.. [See Lose.] Lost.

Neither of them she found where she them lore.

Spenser.

Lore, n. [OE. lore, lare, AS. lr, fr. lran 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.

His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore.

Milton.

2. That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel.

Chaucer.

If please ye, listen to my lore.

Spenser.

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