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Parcae

American

[pahr-see, -kahy] / ˈpɑr si, -kaɪ /

plural noun

singular

Parca

the three Fates of ancient Rome, developed out of the goddess Parca by identification with the Moerae of Greek mythology.

Parcae British

/ ˈpɑːsiː /

plural noun

Greek counterparts: the Moirai. the Roman goddesses of fate

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Jupiter answers him: If you will renounce Rome, the Parcae shall spin for you different fates, you shall become wise, you shall be happy. sextus—Why must I renounce the hope of a crown?

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.

Though the Parcae have woven for me the destiny of a dog, it is the hand of Bacchus that shall sever the fatal thread!'

From Antonina by Collins, Wilkie

The Parcae were not more methodical; Atropos not more fatal; the automaton chess-player not more irresponsible.

From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman

I am sure Sora Serafina, Sora Lodovica, and Sora Adalgisa—the three Parcae or Norns, as I call them—have some such notion.

From Hauntings by Lee, Vernon

The Parcae Sisters three have willed it so.

From Herb of Grace by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

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