household deity

household deity
a) Especially in pagan religions, a minor god or goddess functioning as the protector of a home, household, and/or family, worshipped by members of the household and sometimes conceived as an animistic or ancestral spirit.
b) An exemplar or revered individual within a group.
Syn: household god

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