Meaning of Penates | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
   Roman, plural, plural-only
2. Synonym of household deities in other contexts.
   figuratively, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their Penates and Patronal Gods might be called forth by charms and incantations.”

“...and a china shepherd and shepherdess, clothed in "a green and yellow melancholy," were the penates of the mantel-piece.”

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