manslayer
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of manslayer
before 1000; Middle English; manslaer. See man, slayer ( def. )
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In them, and in them only,Pg 80 was the manslayer safe from the avenger of blood.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
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 P. Austin Nuttall
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
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
If a manslayer does not believe that the next of kin is on his track, he will not flee to the City of Refuge.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
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