timelore
timelore noun: the knowledge or study of time; chronology.
Noun
timelore (uncountable)
- the knowledge or study of time; chronology
- That's a minimum of 2,592,000 years ago, assuming we are almost at the end of the Kaliyuga (the worst of four yugas and an age of darkness), and we calculate only up to the end of the Satyayuga, which itself lasted 1,728,000 years, according to Vedic timelore.2006, Richard Leviton, The Geomantic Year
- Alchemic Yin-Yang Five Phase cosmology came into mainland Japan in the sixth century and, along with the lunar calendar, this complex of time lore has structured the temporal aspects of Shinto ritual practice ever since.2007, E. Leslie Williams, Spirit Tree: Origins of Cosmology in Shintô Ritual at Hakozaki
Forms of timelore
| alternative form | time-lore |
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| alternative form | time lore |
Origin of timelore
From time + lore.
Questions about timelore
- What does timelore mean?
- Timelore means the knowledge or study of time; chronology.
- What part of speech is timelore?
- Timelore is a noun.
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