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Synonyms for legends

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lej-uhnd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛdʒ ənd

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Définition of legends

Origin :
  • early 14c., "narrative dealing with a happening or an event," from Old French legende (12c., Modern French légende) and directly from Medieval Latin legenda "legend, story," literally "(things) to be read," on certain days in church, etc., from Latin legendus, neuter plural gerundive of legere "to read, gather, select" (see lecture (n.)).
  • Used originally of saints' lives; extended sense of "nonhistorical or mythical story" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "writing or inscription" (especially on a coin or medal) is from 1610s; on a map, illustration, etc., from 1903.
  • noun story of the past, often fictitious
  • noun brief description in document
Example sentences :
  • These are some of the legends and superstitions which linger amongst us.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • Every neighbourhood has its stories, its legends, and romantic histories.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • We deal largely in these legends, and you are not quite guiltless of them.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • May not this hare of the Indian mythology be the moon-dog of some of our own legends?
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • Such facts or legends were the food on which his mind had been nourished.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • What would he have said of the discovery of Christian doctrines in these old Greek legends?
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • All sorts of legends are told of it, and it is said to have been a piece of Jacob's Pillar.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • "Mademoiselle has forbidden all my legends," said she, calmly.
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • Or so the legends affirmed, though I've wondered often about the truth of them.
  • Extract from : « Houlihan's Equation » by Walt Sheldon
  • Have you come here to insult us with legends and fairy-tales about a god?
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers

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