Charites

American  

[kar-i-teez] / ˈkær ɪˌtiz /

plural noun

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

Then immediately the friends of miserable Charites did bury her body within the same Sepulchre.

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

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

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

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

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