lares and penates

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Her lares and penates range from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thereupon the inner habitants of the deserted equipages emerged from amid their lares and penates, and met face to face.

From From a Bench in Our Square by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

When morning came Barnickel and Katty were boxing up the lares and penates, and toward nightfall Mira herself was meekly, though not resignedly, bearing a hand.

From Under Fire by Cox, C. B.

You will always see in every cubicle, above every bed in a long hut, the girl's own private gallery, the lares and penates which make of her, in her bed at least, an individual.

From The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

Here were her lares and penates; and she was a goddess among lesser household gods.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand