Manes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  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.