Usually means: Furies, Greek mythology, vengeful spirits.
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  1. Erinyes: Merriam-Webster
  2. Erinyes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Erinyes: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. Erinyes: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Erinyes)

noun:  (Greek mythology) The Furies; the goddesses of vengeance against serious moral offence (such as oath-breaking), latterly known as protectors of Athens, of pre-Olympian origin and variously described as having sprung from the spilled blood of Uranus or as daughters of Nyx; identified with the Roman Dirae.

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