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
Two of the Charites were to be dressed, one holding a fan and half closing her eyelids to the gently-swaying feathers; the other dancing in the folds of her robe.
From Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite by Lou?s, Pierre
Then immediately the friends of miserable Charites did bury her body within the same Sepulchre.
From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566
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