Manes
['mɑːneɪz;'meɪniːz]
Definition
(n. pl.) The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.
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Definition
n. (Roman myth.) the benevolent or tutelary spirits of departed persons: the lower world as being the abode of the manes.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
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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Examples
- The horses were generally very strong, formed much like the Norman horse, and with very heavy manes and tails. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hear him not; call on the manes of William, Justine, Clerval, Elizabeth, my father, and of the wretched Victor, and thrust your sword into his heart. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I manes no offence. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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