Charites
Americanplural noun
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Charis
singular
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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
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 H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber
Then he points out Nature's harmonies and changes of colour, and warns Charites to avoid the storms of the passions.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese
In the post-Homeric mythology, the two were again separated, and Charis, becoming divided in personality, appears as the Charites, or Graces, who were supposed to be constant attendants of Aphrodite.
From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by John Fiske
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 William Adlington
Charis Rainey scored 36 points for Windward, including 11 of 12 free throws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
Charis Rainey added 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
Only Orla Prendergast, with an entertaining 52 from 34 balls, offered any resistance for Ireland, with debutant Charis Pavely claiming 3-19.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
"Everyone smiling has been my favourite element. Charis Pavely looked like she was having the time of her life out there."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
This essence, not to be seized, as we have already remarked, but yet perceptible to all, is what the language of the Greeks designated by the name Charis, ours as Grace.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
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