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  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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