Usually means: Cultural norms dictating societal behavior.
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  1. mores: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. mores: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mores: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mores: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. More's, Mores, more's, mores, mores, mores: Wordnik
  7. mores: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. mores: Wiktionary
  9. mores: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. mores: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. mores: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. mores: Dictionary.com
  13. mores: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. mores: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Mores: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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noun:  A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.

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