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

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

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand

A quinzied mother-in-law had knocked his lares and penates sky-high.

From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

We are to swear by our own lares and penates, and stand up for the American eagle, right or wrong.

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian

"Jove," he murmured, "it's good to be back again to the lares and penates."

From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van