lares and penates
Example Sentences
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Her lares and penates range from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee.
From Time Magazine Archive
But if you and Miss Lovell would come over one day soon and help me to decide about the disposition of my lares and penates, it would be the greatest help.
From The Vision of Desire by Pedler, Margaret
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
I therefore resolved to take my lares and penates to France, where, at the moment, the pulse of the world was throbbing most strongly.
From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor
A few seconds later I had let myself in and was standing amongst my own lares and penates once more.
From Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance by Boothby, Guy
