Familiaris

Familiaris Consortio—Pope John Paul II's letter on family life, best known for re-stating the Church's opposition to contraception, but also defending the rights of families, including the right to migrate in search of a better economic life; and

Morality is Objective (And People Are Wrong) 2006

Drusus had marched her to the shrine in the atrium where the family gods were honored — Vesta of the hearth, the Di Penates of the pantry, and the Lar Familiaris — and made her swear a terrible oath that she would do as he had told her.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Julia said no more until she and Gaius Marius went to bed, having settled the household down, banished the slaves to their quarters, locked the door onto the street, and made an offering to the trio of gods who looked after every Roman home — Vesta of the hearth, the Di Penates of the storage cupboards, and the Lar Familiaris of the family.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

But one of these spirits, the _Lar Familiaris_, had special charge of the house and household, and as such was worshipped with the other domestic gods at the hearth.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

[5] It is right to state that there is a totally different theory, according to which the Lares were the spirits of the dead ancestors and the Lar Familiaris an embodiment, as it were, of all the family dead.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

Two other deities are very prominent in the worship of the early household, and each is a characteristic product of Roman religious feeling, the Lar Familiaris and the Genius.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

Thus the Lares came from Etruria, the chief of them being the Lar Familiaris, the divine head of the family, the personification of the creative power assuring the duration of the family; Vesta, the fire of the domestic hearth the protectress of the family, became identified later with the Greek

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The origin of this _Lar Familiaris_, as he is called, is interesting, because it shows the intimate connection between the farming life of the community and its religion.

The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome Jesse Benedict Carter 1894

But I think it likely that you know a great deal more than you have thought it proper to tell me, about this matter of the treasure trove -- I suspect you have acted the part of the Lar Familiaris in Plautus -- a sort of Brownie,

The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

But I think it likely that you know a great deal more than you have thought it proper to tell me, about this matter of the treasure trove -- I suspect you have acted the part of the Lar Familiaris in Plautus -- a sort of Brownie,

The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801