Look up: Lares

1. Lares
   The spirits of the ancestors of the family, who guarded the boundaries of the house and all its occupants and were the guardian spirits of house and fields. The cult of the Lares was probably derived from the worshipping of the deceased master of the family. It was believed that he blessed the house and brought fertility to the fields. Just like th…
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2. Lares
   La'res noun plural See 1st Lar .
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3. Lares
   • (n. pl.) See 1st Lar. • (pl. ) of Lar
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4. lares
   lares (lâr'ēz) , in Roman religion, guardian spirits. According to some they were ghosts of the dead, destructive spirits who frequented crossroads and had to be propitiated. Others say that the lares were farm deities, worshiped as fertility powers of the earth. The most common myth,...
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5. Lares
   Lares were a class of tutelary spirits or deities (domestic and public) among the ancient Romans. All the household lares were headed by the lar familiaris, who was revered as the founder of the family. In the mansions of the rich the images of the lares had their separate apartment. When the family...
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6. Lares
   :For other meanings, see ˈlɑːriːz-->, sing. `Lar`) – or archaically, Lases – were Tutelary deity#Ancient Rome|guardian deities in ancient Roman religion. Their origin is uncertain; they may have been guardians of the hearth, fields, boundaries or fruitfulne...
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7. LARES
   (satellite) `LARES` (acronym for `La`ser `Re`lativity `S`atellite) is an Italian Space Agency scientific satellite to be launched with the new European launch vehicle Vega. LARES will be launched by Vega`s maiden flight, scheduled for 2011. The mission : The satellite, completely passive, is ...
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