household deity
Noun
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Noun
household deity
- (mythology, religion) A minor tutelary deity watching over a household, usually conceived as a protective ancestral spirit or genius loci.
- (figuratively) An icon or patron saint: a revered individual within a group.
- (deity) household god, lares and penates (pl., Roman contexts), lar (chiefly Roman contexts, particularly overseeing the family), penates (pl., chiefly Roman contexts, particularly overseeing the house and its storeroom)
- (exemplar) See Thesaurus:exemplar
- Italian: penati, lari
- Russian: домово́й
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