penates
About 0.06 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
- noun Synonym of household deities in other contexts.
Similar words
lares and penates lares dii majores household deity parcae lars pales priapus vesta camenae
Often followed by
of and were in are or to at with
Word family
Penates
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