Charites
Americanplural noun
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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
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
Charites describes his conversion to the love of Nature by his friend Eukrates.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
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 Fiske, John
How a young man came and declared the miserable death of Lepolemus and his wife Charites.
From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566
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