Meaning of PENATES
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pe*na"tes\, n. pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over
the home and the family hearth. See {Lar}.
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| | Related Terms: | | ancestral spirits, angel, attendant godling, control, daemon, demon, fairy godmother, familiar, familiar spirit, genius, genius domus, genius loci, good angel, good genius, guardian, guardian angel, guardian spirit, guide, Hestia, household gods, invisible helper, lares and penates, lares compitales, lares familiaris, lares permarini, lares praestites, lares viales, manes, ministering angel, numen, special providence, totem, tutelar god, tutelary, Vesta |
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