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
Here were her lares and penates; and she was a goddess among lesser household gods.
From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand
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
Bear it reverently to your home, hang it among your lares and penates, cherish it, and dying, mention it within your will, bequeathing it as a rich legacy unto your issue!
From Lone Star Planet by Piper, H. Beam
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.
