Charites
Americanplural noun
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Charis
singular
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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
How a young man came and declared the miserable death of Lepolemus and his wife Charites.
From The Golden Asse by William Adlington
At their instance the following epigram was written to him by Messer Fabio Segni, a gentleman of Florence: Hujus cum regeret mortales spiritus artus Pictoris, Charites supplicuere Jovi.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo by Gaston du C. De Vere
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 William Graham Sumner
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 Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Grace Scrivens was touted as a future England batter for a few years but seems to have fallen down the pecking order, while Charis Pavely and Ella McCaughan are the other potential in-form youngsters.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Charis Rainey scored 36 points for Windward, including 11 of 12 free throws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
"Everyone smiling has been my favourite element. Charis Pavely looked like she was having the time of her life out there."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
Charis E. Kubrin is a professor of criminology, law and society at UC Irvine, a member of the Council on Criminal Justice and a co-author of “Immigration and Crime: Taking Stock.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Most likely she represents the second handmaiden of Aphrodite, Charis, who, according to the myth, bathed and anointed her mistress with ambrosial oil in the holy grove of Paphos.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
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