manes

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Manes
    n 1: a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Manes \Ma"nes\, n. pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
   The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead
   ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.
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         Hail, O ye holy manes!                   --Dryden.
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from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

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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