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Webster 1913 Edition
Penates
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Pe-na′tes
,Noun.
pl.
[L.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See
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French
Noun
pénates m pl (plural only)
- (historical) household gods, penates
- (colloquial) home