lares and penates

The items that constitute or are a part of one's home. My aunt is an avid traveler, so the lares and penates of her home have been collected from around the world.

lares and penates

the home.

In ancient Rome, the lares and penates were the protective gods of a household, and they came to be used to signify the home itself. The phrase lares and penates is generally used to refer to those things that are considered to be the essential elements of someone's home; in 1775 Horace Walpole wrote in a letter ‘I am returned to my own Lares and Penates—to my dogs and cats’.

词组	lares and penates
释义	lares and penates lares and penates The items that constitute or are a part of one's home. My aunt is an avid traveler, so the lares and penates of her home have been collected from around the world. See also: and Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. lares and penates the home. In ancient Rome, the lares and penates were the protective gods of a household, and they came to be used to signify the home itself. The phrase lares and penates is generally used to refer to those things that are considered to be the essential elements of someone's home; in 1775 Horace Walpole wrote in a letter ‘I am returned to my own Lares and Penates—to my dogs and cats’. See also: and Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: come home from (some place or something) come home from some place be at home at home come home get home to get home to (someone or something) home sweet home home folks take home
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