Manes

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  • noun plural. The spirits of the dead, regarded as minor supernatural powers in ancient Roman religion.
  • noun plural. The revered spirit of one who has died.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In Roman antiquity, the spirits of the dead considered as tutelary divinities of their families; the deified shades of the dead, according to the belief that the soul continued to exist and to have relations with earth after the body had perished.
  • Hence—2. The spirit of a deceased person, or the shades of the dead, whether considered as the object of a cult or not.
  • By metonymy— The lower world or infernal regions, as the abode of the manes.
  • The punishments imposed in the lower world.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence.
  • noun. Plural form of mane.
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  • noun. a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
  • Word Usage
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