Definitions

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  • noun The learning, teaching, knowledge, or study of ghosts or spirits; the science of the supernatural; spiritism.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • Lost in the ghastly realms of native ghostlore, he ignored the

    Terry A Tale of the Hill People Charles Goff Thomson

  • The book covers some of the folk and ghostlore that players in North America have traded for generations as they make their way from city to city every summer.

    Trans-Pacific Radio 2008

  • The book covers some of the folk and ghostlore that players in North America have traded for generations as they make their way from city to city every summer.

    Trans-Pacific Radio 2008

  • The book covers some of the folk and ghostlore that players in North America have traded for generations as they make their way from city to city every summer.

    Trans-Pacific Radio 2008

  • “Augusta’s Diamond Ring” is ghostlore, a spooky story with origins in folklore.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Scotti Cohn 2009

  • “Augusta’s Diamond Ring” is ghostlore, a spooky story with origins in folklore.

    Meet Author Donna Latham! Scotti Cohn 2009

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