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household gods |
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household gods pl n 1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (in ancient Rome) deities of the home; lares and penates 2. Brit informal the essentials of domestic life How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The delicate little skeletons were lying in broken vaults and had their household gods and kitchen utensils with them. de la Fere has returned to his household gods at Blois? It seemed incredible that all this malice and injury had been wrought upon the room by those who had called it for a time their home; and yet it may have been the cheated home instinct surviving blindly, the resentful rage at false household gods that had kindled their wrath. |
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