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What are penates?

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Noun
  1. (historical) The household gods, in ancient Rome, thought to watch over one's house and storeroom; by extension, one's definitive household goods.
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Lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their penates and patronal god might be called forth by charms and incantations.
The lares, penates and relics of our sacred ancestors have been spared the impious axe of Jacobin tyranny.
Hamersley recognises them as part of the Penates of his late host.
This one is a New Year poem, called Lares Et Penates, inspired by the Roman concept of household gods.
The particular gods of the household were its lares and penates.
These Penates were supposed to have been the gods brought from Troy by neas.

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