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household deity

noun

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  1. A minor tutelary deity watching over a household, usually conceived as a protective…

    A minor tutelary deity watching over a household, usually conceived as a protective ancestral spirit or genius loci.

    • […] Ganesh (Pillayar in Tamil), here is not associated with militant Hinduism; Pillayar is a lovable household deity here, a free and familiar god who craves no chauvinistic devotion.
    • [O]n this day, as throughout the New Year's period, rites of divination for the following year were performed along with rites for the spirits of ancestors and other household deities.

  2. An icon or patron saint

    An icon or patron saint: a revered individual within a group.

    • Sigmund Freud has replaced Darwin and/or Hegel as the household deity of sterilization.
    • Thus everyone, from Byron to Macaulay, who presented their cards or waited to be announced at Holland House must have been conscious of [Charles James] Fox as a household deity.

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