Charites
Americanplural noun
singular
CharisExample Sentences
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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
One of the three Graces or Charites; attendant of Venus, 105.
From Project Gutenberg
Same as Graces, or Charites; Venus’ attendants, 105.
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The ancient Chorizontes observed that the messenger of Zeus is Iris in the Iliad, but Hermes in the Odyssey; that the wife of Hephaestus is one of the Charites in the Iliad, but Aphrodite in the Odyssey; that the heroes in the Iliad do not eat fish; that Crete has a hundred cities according to the Iliad, and only ninety according to the Odyssey; that προπάροιθε is used in the Iliad of place, in the Odyssey of time, &c.
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The transition from a single goddess, Charis, to a number or group of Charites, is marked in Homer.
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