Penates
or pe·na·tes
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
Origin of Penates
1- Compare Lares.
Words Nearby Penates
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How to use Penates in a sentence
Thank the Lares and Penates that Howard Fast wrote Spartacus for similar reasons.
No other deities are described in detail by Prescott, but he says that every household had its "Penates," or household gods.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanThe third was much the same as the more modern Lares and Penates, and superintended dwelling-houses and families.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanWhen the child was five days old, it was carried about the hearth to introduce it to the Penates.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantMatt represented to Rupert the Lares and Penates his emotional nature required and had been denied.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Lares and Penates themselves were very small objects to look at, whatever may have been the thoughts they suggested.
Needlework As Art | Marian Alford
British Dictionary definitions for penates
/ (pəˈnɑːtiːz) /
Origin of penates
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