Thesaurus results for LEGENDRY

legendry

noun

ˈle-jən-drē

Definition of legendry

as in mythology

the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place although the historic King Arthur lived in the sixth century, most of the legendry regarding him and the Knights of the Round Table is set in the far more romantic age of medieval chivalry

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Recent Examples of legendry The fries entered true-crime legendry during the 2016 trial of Cindy Kaye Henderson Reese. — Lawrence Specker | , al, 15 Mar. 2023

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Noun

Wolf succumbs to Shura, a demonic force in the game’s mythology that possesses those who give in to bloodlust.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination — a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more.

— Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of mythology

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Deploy cunning and operate in darkness, like those shapeshifting, half-human, half-wolf creatures revered in German folklore.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Popular media and Southern folklore frequently claimed that kudzu was swallowing 150,000 new acres every year and had overtaken anywhere from 7 to 9 million acres across the region.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of folklore

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Plessi was best known for engaging history and tradition with the digital, creating installations that took on an architecture of their own.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Parton had a large hand in paving the way for any subsequent entertainer who tried to navigate the push and pull between pop commerciality and musical tradition, inside and outside of country, from Garth Brooks to Shania Twain to Miley Cyrus.

— Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of tradition

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One group dawdling at the end of the line explained that much of their personal lore was bound up with trash cinema, and with Breen in particular.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Contrary to popular belief, Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie was not filmed there, although the hotel and the story have become inseparable parts of Estes Park lore.

— Tim Jackson, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of lore

Noun

Naturally, when a legend like Dion emerges, a huge crowd of fans will form.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026
The Argentine legend completed a hat trick to stretch the lead to 5-1 in the 83rd minute, chipping a shot over the goalkeeper off an assist from Rodrigo De Paul.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

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