manus noun. ['meɪnǝs] Pl. same [-'nu:s]. E16.
[Latin = hand.]
1. manus Christi [lit. 'hand of Christ'], sugar boiled in rose-water etc., as a drink for invalids. E16-E18.

2. Anatomy & Zoology. The terminal or distal segment of the forelimb, esp. of a vertebrate; the hand. Cf. PES. E19.

3. Roman Law. The power or authority which certain husbands had over their wives. M19.

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