household deity

Noun

 * 1)  A minor tutelary deity watching over a household, usually conceived as a protective ancestral spirit or genius loci.
 * 2)  An icon or patron saint: a revered individual within a group.
 * 1)  An icon or patron saint: a revered individual within a group.
 * 1)  An icon or patron saint: a revered individual within a group.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:exemplar
 * See Thesaurus:exemplar

Hypernyms

 * , see also Thesaurus:god

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * German: Hausgott
 * Greek: οικιακή θεότητα
 * Italian: penati,
 * Latin: lar, penates
 * Russian: