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manes

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Noun, Noun Plural
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CIDE DICTIONARY

manesn. pl. [L.].
     The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.  [1913 Webster]
    "Hail, O ye holy manes!"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

manes, n.pl.
1 the deified souls of dead ancestors.
2 (as sing.) the revered ghost of a dead person.

Etymology
ME f. L

DEVIL DICTIONARY

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.

ROGET THESAURUS

manes

Corpse

N corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones, defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay, mummy, carrion, food for worms, food for fishes, tenement of clay this mortal coil, shade, ghost, manes, organic remains, fossils, cadaverous, corpse-like, unburied, sapromyiophyllous.


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