Charites

American  

[kar-i-teez] / ˈkær ɪˌtiz /

plural noun

singular

Charis

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

Dionysus in Zeus, for instance, Asklepios in Apollo, the Charites in Aphrodite.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

Quia sola videris   Quo niueae Charites, quo corpore Delia virgo   Pingitur, et iusto si sit pro teste vetustas.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard

One of the three Graces or Charites; attendant of Venus, 105.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

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