manes

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MA'NES, noun plural [Latin] The ghost, shade or soul of a deceased person; and among the ancient pagans, the infernal deities. 1. The remains of the dead. Hail, O ye holy manes!
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