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penates

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pe=na=tes

CIDE DICTIONARY

penatesn. pl. [L.].
     The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

penates, n.pl. (in Roman mythology) the household gods, esp. of the storeroom (see LARES).

Etymology
L f. penus provision of food

THESAURUS

penates

Hestia, Vesta, 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, 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

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