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

It was the fifth place the Field household had set up its lares and penates since coming to Chicago.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason

There, for reasons understood then only by himself, had Sir Adrian elected, about the "year seven" of this century and in the prime of his age, to transplant his lares and penates.

From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton

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

From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van

Furthermore, they should own their furniture—at least some of it; it should represent their own joint taste; the possession of some lares and penates is a very good basis for a lifetime partnership.

From The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book by Bigelow, William F. (William Frederick)