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E⋅rin⋅ys

  [i-rin-is, i-rahy-nis]
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–noun, plural E⋅rin⋅y⋅es  [i-rin-ee-eez] . Greek Mythology.
any of the Furies.
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Erinys 
one of the three avenging spirits (Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera) in Gk. religion, of unknown origin, perhaps "the angry spirit" (cf. Arcadian erinein "to be angry," rel. to Gk. orinein "to raise, stir, excite").
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