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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lar \Lar\, n.; pl {Lares}, sometimes {Lars}. [L.] (Rom. Myth.)
A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector
of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of
a house; household gods. Hence Eng.: Hearth or dwelling
house.
Nor will she her dear Lar forget, Victorious by his
benefit. --Lovelace.
The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.
--Milton.
Looking backward in vain toward their Lares and lands.
--Longfellow.
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