Penates

American  

[puh-ney-teez, -nah-] / pəˈneɪ tiz, -ˈnɑ- /

Or penates

plural noun

Roman Religion.

1. gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.

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penates British  

/ pəˈnɑːtiːz /

plural noun

1. See lares and penates

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Etymology

Origin of Penates

1505–15; < Latin Penātēs, akin to penus stock of provisions

Example Sentences

Every Roman family had a Lar, who was the spirit of an ancestor, and several Penates, gods of the hearth and guardians of the storehouse.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

There were also public Lares and Penates, who did for the city what the others did for the family.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The most prominent and revered of them all were the Lares and Penates.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

It symbolized the family tie, the domestic virtues, the Lares and Penates of classic mythology.

From Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various

There were also the Penates in every home, whom it would perhaps be hard to distinguish very clearly from the Lares.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)