lares and penates
Example Sentences
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Her lares and penates range from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few seconds later I had let myself in and was standing amongst my own lares and penates once more.
From Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance by Boothby, Guy
A quinzied mother-in-law had knocked his lares and penates sky-high.
From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.
Bear it reverently to your home, hang it among your lares and penates, cherish it, and dying, mention it within your will, bequeathing it as a rich legacy unto your issue!
From Lone Star Planet by Piper, H. Beam
There, for reasons understood then only by himself, had Sir Adrian elected, about the "year seven" of this century and in the prime of his age, to transplant his lares and penates.
From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton
