Penates
[puh-ney-teez, -nah-] /pəˈneɪ tiz, -ˈnɑ-/
plural noun, Roman Religion.
1.
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
/pəˈnɑːtiːz/
plural noun
1.
See lares and penates
n.
Roman household gods, 1510s, from Latin penates “gods of the inside of the house,” related to penatus “sanctuary of a temple” (especially that of Vesta), cognate with penitus “within” (see penetrate).
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