Penates
//pəˈnɑtiz//
"Penates" in a Sentence (3 examples)
I am the pious Aeneas; I carry in my fleet the Trojan Penates rescued from the enemy; my name is proclaimed everywhere and has even reached the stars.
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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