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lemures [lem-yuh-reez; Lat. lem-oo-res]  

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  [lem-yuh-reez; Lat. lem-oo-res]
lemures, 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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