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manes |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Manes \Ma"nes\, n. pl [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors. Hail, O ye holy manes! --Dryden. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MANES, n. The immortal parts of dead Greeks and Romans. They were in a state of dull discomfort until the bodies from which they had exhaled were buried and burned; and they seem not to have been particularly happy afterward.
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