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Pinates vs Penates - What's the difference?

pinates | penates |

As nouns the difference between pinates and penates

is that pinates is while penates is (historical) the household gods, in ancient rome, thought to watch over one's house and storeroom; by extension, one's definitive household goods.

pinates

English

Noun

(head)

    • penates

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (historical) The household gods, in ancient Rome, thought to watch over one's house and storeroom; by extension, one's definitive household goods.
  • * 1646 , (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , I.3:
    • lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their Penates and Patronal Gods might be called forth by charms and incantations.
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