manslayer
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Then said Amis: “Never shall it be that my fellow be a manslayer for the healing of me.”
From Old French Romances by William Morris
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 Sir James George Frazer
Far, far more so than the manslayer had of old in his.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
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 Sir James George Frazer
The manslayer of old required to be within the refuge-city.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
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