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

We had been quartered in this border town for more than a year, and the senior officers’ lady-wives had brought their lares and penates in three bullock-carts a-piece.

From Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Merriman, Henry Seton

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

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

From Kitty's Conquest by King, Charles

"Jove," he murmured, "it's good to be back again to the lares and penates."

From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van