The Collaborative International Dictionary
Household \House"hold`\, a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.
Household bread, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]
Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endeared by association with home.
Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of household god English)
Wikipedia
Household Gods is a science fiction time-travel novel written by Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr.
Usage examples of "household gods".
Also, using leftover chunks of stone, the artists carved the little household gods treasured by families everywhere.
Chen laughed, then went across to the table, picking up the lacquered bowl he had bought her and rubbing his ringer across its smooth surface, tracing the raised figures of the household gods, remembering her expression of delight when she had taken it from the paper.
I sat up and realized I was looking at the Lararium, the shrine of the household gods.
The Lararium was a high three-sided shrine, a little temple with three pediments, and inside stood figures of old household gods.
Metellus senior had named Paccius Africanus his heir, thus leaving him all his debts and responsibilities, plus the religious safe keeping of the family's ancestral masks and household gods.
His memory was revered by a grateful posterity, and above a century after his death, many persons preserved the image of Marcus Antoninus among those of their household gods.
Did you not say to yourself when your eye rested on Rome, 'Within those walls are my home, my household gods, my mother, my wife, my children?
Paxmores blank look indicated that he didnt know what she was talking about, but before she could explain, Ruth Brinton cut in with, Their household gods.