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Definition of "lemures" [‖Lem•u•res]

  • The spirits of the dead considered in ancient Rome as frightening specters and often exorcised from the homes in religious rituals. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lemures" in a sentence
  • "For if no one has seen farfadets, or lemures, or dives, or peris, or demons, or cacodemons, the predictions of astrologers have often been found true."
  • "“No farmer will fell the forest around it for fear of angering the lemures.”"
  • "That way, they belong to old Egypt and will not become lemures to haunt Rome."
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