English Explanatory Dictionary

lifeway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.

Word forms

lifeway lifeways

Etymology

From Middle English *lif-wei (attested as lifes wege, lives wegas), from Old English līfweġ. By surface analysis, life + way.

Synonyms

lifestyle way of life

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