In ancient Roman mythology: the gods that protect or watch over a household, esp. its storeroom. Hence: household possessions regarded as…

a household god; (in early use spec. in plural) the Roman gods believed to protect or watch over a household, the lares and penates.

(frequently in plural) a god worshipped within, or considered to preside over, the household; (Roman Mythology) one of the Lares and Penates (lares a…

Roman Mythology singular. A household or ancestral deity; also transferred and figurative.

(a) Roman Mythology household gods; = sense 1a; (b) household belongings regarded as defining or embodying a person's home; prized possessions. Cf. pe…