manslayer

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No manslayer then the wide world o’er When Mine and Thine are known no more.

From Poems By the Way by Morris, William

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

Cereals unknown to Melanesians and Polynesians, 408 Ceremonial impurity of manslayer, 229 sq.

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

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

In this case a special hut was not built for the manslayer, and he was allowed to pass the nights in the temple of the war god.

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