Charites
Americanplural noun
Example 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 • Dec. 6, 2015
And to counterfeit the matter, he would come to Charites and say: O what a losse have I had of my friend, my fellow, my companion Lepolemus?
From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566
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 Biese, Alfred
The artistical hurly-burly of unharmonious ignes fatui is only the forerunner of the melodious Charites; and these alone insinuate themselves into the softer souls.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
The difficulty about the Graces, or Charites, as the Greeks called them, is soon settled.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen
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