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French
Etymology
From Latin manes.
Pronunciation
Noun
mânes m pl (plural only)
- (historical) manes
- (literary) spirits
1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 4, scene 2:J’en viens d’immoler deux aux Mânes de mes frères- I have just offered two of them to the spirits of my brothers
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