Penates
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name given by the Romans to their household deities, individually and unitedly, in honour of whom a fire, in charge of the vestal virgins, was kept permanently burning.
