"Thou shalt not touch me when I hath a "headache" (lest ye be sleeping in yon thicket)" - Eve
This post was edited by Shuhak at January 19, 2019 10:54 PM MST
When two or more people live in the same area they have to adopt some rules about who does what to whom. Any such rule is called a more', French accented e pronounced "mor-ay". The adjective form is moral, and the habit of following more's is morality. More's are arbitrary: they do not have to be right, only accepted. Another group on the other side of the river might have very different more's.
the essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a community.
"an offense against social mores"
synonyms:
customs, conventions, ways, way of life, way of doing things, traditions, practices, custom and practice, procedures, habits, usages;
formalpraxis
"factors that shaped the social mores of the community
mores (plural noun)
mo·res|\ ˈmȯr-ˌāz also -(ˌ)ēz\
1: the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group have tended to withdraw and develop a self-sufficient society of their own, with distinct and rigid mores— James Stirling
2: moral attitudes; the evershifting mores of the moment— Havelock Ellis
3: manners, mannerisms; organized dancing developed a whole set of mores and practices of its own— R. L. Taylor ~
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