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Pe⋅na⋅tes

  [puh-ney-teez, -nah-]
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–plural noun Roman Religion.
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
Also, pe⋅na⋅tes.
Compare Lares.

Origin:
1505–15; < L Penātēs, akin to penus stock of provisions
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Word Origin & History

penates 
Roman household gods, 1513, from L. penates "gods of the inside of the house," related to penatus "sanctuary of a temple" (especially that of Vesta), cognate with penitus "within" (see penetrate).
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