Charites

American  

[kar-i-teez] / ˈkær ɪˌtiz /

plural noun

singular

Charis

1. the ancient Greek name for the Graces.

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Example Sentences

In September, Catholic Charites used $476.99 in Neediest Cases money to buy Daysi a new bed to replace the dilapidated one she had been using.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2015

The transition from a single goddess, Charis, to a number or group of Charites, is marked in Homer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

I blandas inter Charites, mystamque saluta Musarum quemvis, si tibi lector erit.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

But Thrasillus was very importunate, and at length brought to passe, that at the intercession of the Parents and friends of Charites, she somewhat refreshed her fallen members with refection of meate and baine.

From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566

One of the three Graces or Charites; attendant of Venus, 105.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)