lararium

la·rar·i·um

[luh-rair-ee-uhm]
noun, plural la·rar·i·a [luh-rair-ee-uh] .
(in an ancient Roman home) a shrine for the Lares.

Origin:
1700–10; < Late Latin larārium; see Lares, -ary

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