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
I decided to go and protect my lares and penates, trivial though they might be.
From Kitty's Conquest by King, Charles
Evesham had given up his large sunny room to Dorothy's mother, but he had not removed all his lares and penates.
From Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Evesham had given up his large, sunny room to Dorothy's mother, but he had not removed all his lares and penates.
From In Exile and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock
Our lares and penates were sent by freight on December 17.
From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams
