Look up: Lemures

1. lemures
   Latin, meaning: (pl. only) ghosts, phantoms.
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2. lemures
   In Roman mythology, ghosts of the dead. They were exorcized at the annual three-day festival of Lemuria, or Lemuralia, in May. ...
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3. Lemures
   The evil spirits of the house, also known as Larvae.
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4. Lemures
   Lem'u·res (lĕm'u*rēz; E. lē'mūrz) noun plural [ Latin See Lemur .] Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters. « The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.» Milton.
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5. Lemures
   • (n. pl.) Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.
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6. Lemures
   in Roman religion, wicked and fearsome spectres of the dead. Appearing in grotesque and terrifying forms, they were said to haunt their living ...
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7. lemures
   lemures (lem'urās", –yurēz") , in Roman religion, vampirelike ghosts of the dead; also called larvae. To exorcise these malevolent spirits from the home, the Romans held rites, the Lemuria (May 9, 11, 13).
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8. Lemures
   Among the ancient Romans, lemures was the name given to the ghosts or souls of the dead. In order to appease them a ceremony called lemuria was observed on the nights of the 9th, llth, and 13th of May.
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9. Lemures
   In Roman mythology, `lemures` (singular lemur) were shades or spirits of the restless or malignant dead, and are probably cognate with an extended sense of `larvae` (sing. larva = mask) as disturbing or frightening. Lemures is the more common literary term but even this is rare: it is ...
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