adj
Of or relating to black magic.
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(Wicca) The ceremonial use of candles for specific intentions and involving a complex color correspondence system
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(figuratively) The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy.
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(Christianity, often capitalized) The death on the Cross of Christ.
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Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
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Alternative form of fantasyland
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A kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are shared by fax machine.
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(architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
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Intangible art forms such as folk music and folk dance rooted in and reflective of the cultural life of a community.
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The artistic entertainment and material artifacts of a society's peasantry and/or least learned members, usually involving small-scale household production representative of a unique local community without regard to a wider vernacular.
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One who produces folk etymology.
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A modification of a word or its spelling resulting from a misunderstanding of its etymology, as with island, belfry, and hangnail.
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(medicine, anthropology) A combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture.
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(set phrase) The collective lore, beliefs, and traditional stories which help to define a society, culture, or nation.
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A name used in common parlance as opposed to an official name.
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Alternative spelling of folktale [A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.]
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Alternative form of folkway [Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.]
adj
Pertaining to folk etymology.
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(obsolete or archaic) Alternative form of folklore [The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.]
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Alternative form of folkway [Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.]
adj
Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
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Folklore; those cultural traditions passed down orally or informally.
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The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
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Invention or adaptation of folklore; including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created.
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Of or belonging to the folk.
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Alternative form of folkmoot [(historical , or later revived in general usage) A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.]
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Alternative spelling of folk name [A name used in common parlance as opposed to an official name.]
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(obsolete or dialectal) People.
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Alternative form of folkred [(obsolete or dialectal) People.]
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A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
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Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
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(rare) Obsolete spelling of folks [The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents]
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The study or knowledge of God or gods; theology; divinity; mythology; religion.
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Pertaining to black magic or necromancy.
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Of or pertaining to Goliards, wandering medieval students who earned money by singing and reciting poetry.
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Synonym of good folk (“magical humanoid creatures”)
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Resembling or characteristic of an art installation.
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practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, or skills, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.
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(idiomatic, attributively, sometimes hyphenated) Unpretentious, informal, down-to-earth.
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Alternative form of just folks [(idiomatic, sometimes used as if singular) Ordinary, unpretentious people; an ordinary, unpretentious person.]
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Alternative form of just folks [(idiomatic, sometimes used as if singular) Ordinary, unpretentious people; an ordinary, unpretentious person.]
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Alternative spelling of kinfolk [(US, also in plural) Relatives, relations.]
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Folk elements of the lives of workers.
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The knowledge of local conditions on a lake; the traditions and customs of life on a lake; the history of life on a lake.
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(literary) The inhabitants of a region, especially if native.
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(literature) The collected high fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien relating to the fictional realm of Middle-earth and the universe in which it is set.
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A type of fortune-telling cards named after Marie Anne Lenormand.
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Alternative form of lifelore [The knowledge of life or life experiences; wisdom.]
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All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
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(chiefly fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of history, genealogy and ancient poetry and possibly magic as well.
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(informal) Eerie small town and countryside settings resembling the locales found in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional universe.
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A practitioner of occult magick.
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(fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Middle-earth: the setting of the Lord of the Rings mythos. [(fiction) The main setting of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and other works.]
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A kind of folklore comprising humorous texts, folk poetry, folk art, and urban legends that are circulated over the Internet.
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A subgenre of fantasy fiction involving a heroic quest and good triumphing over evil.
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(Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
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(uncommon) People as a whole; humanity, humankind; a gender-neutral alternative to "mankind".
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(sociology) The lore associated with games played by children.
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The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society, including art, cooking, clothing/fashion, entertainment, fads, films, mass media, music, sports, and style.
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Alternative form of just folks [(idiomatic, sometimes used as if singular) Ordinary, unpretentious people; an ordinary, unpretentious person.]
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a seer.
adj
Like a shaman; shamanesque.
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The study of folk tales.
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(sociology) The lore associated with stories told within a culture.
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(anthropology) A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten.
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A category of magical abilities that either affect technology, or to magical powers that are gained through the use of technology.
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One who claims or is alleged to perform magic with the aid of beneficent spirits.
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A demon said to introduce errors into the work of scribes.
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Lovers of the elegant arts as a class.
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