Charites
[ kar-i-teez ]
plural noun,singular Cha·ris [key-ris]. /ˈkeɪ rɪs/.
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
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How to use Charites in a sentence
And they were not alone to watch for her coming, for the three Charites (Graces, or Gratiæ) were also present.
Myths of Greece and Rome | H. A. GuerberHow a young man came and declared the miserable death of Lepolemus and his wife Charites.
The Golden Asse | Lucius ApuleiusThen immediately the friends of miserable Charites did bury her body within the same Sepulchre.
The Golden Asse | Lucius ApuleiusThen he points out Nature's harmonies and changes of colour, and warns Charites to avoid the storms of the passions.
Charites describes his conversion to the love of Nature by his friend Eukrates.
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