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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154893" /> == | |||
<p> (n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77859" /> == | |||
<p> 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. </p> | <p> 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. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_154893"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/penates Penates from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_77859"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/penates Penates from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_77859"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/penates Penates from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
