moeurs

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only)Alternative form of mores, a set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices.

   “Georgie was already becoming a little bit bohemian, absorbed into the moeurs of the Pre-Raphaelite world.”

   “The historiography suggests the eighteenth century peninsular reformers saw a separation between the state as part of the European realm of moeurs and civilisation, and the Empire as the vast swathes of land that belonged to the monarchy.”