Hypertext Webster Gateway: "manes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Manes \Ma"nes\, n. pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead
ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.
Hail, O ye holy manes! --Dryden.
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