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Moirai

British  
/ ˈmɔɪriː /

plural noun

  1. Roman counterparts: the Parcae.  the Greek goddesses of fate See Fates

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Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.

From Literature

He now lives back in New York, where his next project will be Gbadu and the Moirai Index, a work for four female singers to be performed near the New York stock exchange.

From The Guardian

To keep this pact, I find surpass my power; Rescind it, Moirai!

From Project Gutenberg

But the mighty Moirai, whose word even Zeus himself may not turn aside, had fixed the doom of Meleagros.

From Project Gutenberg

Their tragedies were largely limited to Nemesis, the Moirai, the Erinnydes, and lower forms, such as harpies.

From Project Gutenberg