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Penates   Listen
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Penates  n. pl.  (Rom. Antiq.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.






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... themselves in the sea or in a river, returning to their ancient seats after their ablutions.[19] The stones in the dolmen of Esse are thought to change their places continually, like those of Callernish and Lewis, and, like the Roman Penates, to have the gift of coming and going if removed from their ...
— Legends & Romances of Brittany • Lewis Spence



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