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
On a day Lepolemus went to the chase with Thrasillus, to hunt for Goates, for his wife Charites desired him earnestly to meddle with no other beasts, which were of more fierce and wilde nature.
From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566
The difficulty about the Graces, or Charites, as the Greeks called them, is soon settled.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen
Apuleius1201 gives the case of Charites who had intense love for her husband.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
Eurynome, as the mother of the Charites or Graces, supplied the refining and harmonizing influences of grace and beauty, whilst the marriage of Zeus with Mnemosyne typifies the union of genius with memory.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.
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