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  Penates

  plural noun

  gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
• penates
  penates

  plural noun

  See lares and penates

Penates

American  

[puh-nay-teez, -nah-] / pəˈneɪ tiz, -ˈnɑ- /

Or penates

plural noun

Roman Religion.

1. gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.

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penates British  

/ pəˈnɑːtiːz /

plural noun

1. See lares and penates

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Etymology

Origin of Penates

1505–15; < Latin Penātēs, akin to penus stock of provisions

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Example Sentences

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Penates penates

There were also public Lares and Penates, who did for the city what the others did for the family.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The most prominent and revered of them all were the Lares and Penates.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Every Roman family had a Lar, who was the spirit of an ancestor, and several Penates, gods of the hearth and guardians of the storehouse.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Tutelary divinities of Roman households, with the Lares and Penates, 203.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber

Each head of a household was wont to choose his own Penates, whom he then invoked as his special patrons.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber

In addition, the penates, figurines of household gods, were put on the dining table during meals and worshipped as protectors of the home.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Her lares and penates range from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vishnu and Siva are never mentioned in the Institutes, but they now engross the public devotions; besides these there are angels, genii, penates, and lares, like the Roman.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

Had they the art of making images or other representations of them they would be perfect lares, penates, or household gods.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden

Bear it reverently to your home, hang it among your lares and penates, cherish it, and dying, mention it within your will, bequeathing it as a rich legacy unto your issue!

From Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper

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