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Definitions

lares and penates

NOUN

household gods

Synonyms

WEAK

Hestia Vesta household effects household possessions

Example Sentences

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Her lares and penates range from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee.

From Time Magazine Archive

I decided to go and protect my lares and penates, trivial though they might be.

From Kitty's Conquest by King, Charles

We are to swear by our own lares and penates, and stand up for the American eagle, right or wrong.

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian

Into the house he dashed, and as he recognised his lares and penates he uttered a howl of triumph.

From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George

She did not represent the ancestral gods, the lares and penates, since she was not descended from them.

From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Knight, Melvin Moses