单词 | household god |
释义 | > as lemmashousehold god household god n. (frequently in plural) a god worshipped within, or considered to preside over, the household; (Roman Mythology) one of the Lares and Penates (lares and penates n. at lar n. Additions).In quot. 1818 figurative: the essentials of home life. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > household god(s) penatesa1522 house god1540 household god1564 lar1586 lares and penates1616 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > essentials of home life lares and penates1616 household god1818 1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius viii. f. 44v Somtime they considered the sepulchres of their ancestors, somtime their old housholde gods. 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket i. 32 Those (Lares et Lemures) household-Gods, or rather household-Goblins and Deuils. 1742 C. Owen Ess. Nat. Hist. Serpents 218 Aelian speaks of domestick Serpents, that were in the Houses of the Egyptians, and look'd upon as household Gods. 1818 Ld. Byron Lett. 19 Sept. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1976) VI. 69 The deliberate desolation piled upon me, when I stood alone upon my hearth, with my household gods shivered around me. 1830 J. B. Deane Worship Serpent iv. 265 Like many other nations..they [sc. the Mexicans] kept live serpents as household gods in their private dwellings. 1967 R. Sutcliff Outcast viii. 98 He poured the first oblation to the household gods. 2001 Sydney Morning Herald 23 June (Metropolitan section) 3/4 Israel around 750BC..was strongly polytheistic, which meant that the people worshipped several household gods. < as lemmas |
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