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- Legend - n. - That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.
- Legend - n. - A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature.
- Legend - n. - Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable.
- Legend - n. - An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- Legend - v. t. - To tell or narrate, as a legend.
- Legendary - a. - Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous.
- Legendary - n. - A book of legends; a tale or narrative.
- Legendary - n. - One who relates legends.
- Miracle - n. - A story or legend abounding in miracles.
- Shamrock - n. - A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
- Legendary - a. - Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous.
- Myth - n. - A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical.
- Cycle - n. - The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.
- Haggada - n. - A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.