manes noun. ['mɑ:neɪz, 'meɪni:z] LME.
[Latin.]
1. pl. The deified souls of dead ancestors (as beneficent spirits). LME.

2. sing. The spirit or shade of a dead person, considered as an object of reverence or as demanding to be propitiated. L17.

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