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Lares
[ lair-eez, ley-reez ]
Phonetic (Standard)IPA
plural noun
Roman Religion.
_singular Lar [lahr].
- the spirits who, if propitiated, watched over the house or community to which they belonged.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Lares1
First recorded in
1590–1600,
Lares
is from the Latin word Larēs
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