manslayer

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The temporary restrictions laid on a manslayer were probably dictated by a fear of his victim's ghost.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

Then said Amis: “Never shall it be that my fellow be a manslayer for the healing of me.”

From Old French Romances by Morris, William

The ceremony of consecrating a manslayer was elaborate.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

Cities of Refuge, among the Jews; three on the E. and three on the W. of the Jordan, in which the manslayer might find refuge from the avenger of blood.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

There it stood, the terrible beast, the manslayer, gigantic in its might, and for a moment the spectator stood petrified.

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram