Lares
the spirits who, if propitiated, watched over the house or community to which they belonged.
Origin of Lares
1- Compare Penates.
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How to use Lares in a sentence
Thank the Lares and Penates that Howard Fast wrote Spartacus for similar reasons.
The third was much the same as the more modern Lares and Penates, and superintended dwelling-houses and families.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanThe Lares were also worshiped by the Roman family, though they were quite unknown to the Greeks.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerMatt represented to Rupert the Lares and Penates his emotional nature required and had been denied.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lares and Penates themselves were very small objects to look at, whatever may have been the thoughts they suggested.
Needlework As Art | Marian Alford
I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
The Caxtons, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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