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Parca

American  
[pahr-kuh] / ˈpɑr kə /

noun

  1. an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.

  2. any one of the Parcae.


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The new Constitution would shrink slightly to 373,274 words, but that is three times more words than the next-longest state constitution – Texas, according to an analysis from the PARCA.

From Seattle Times

Sales of her rhinoceros mugs help support PARCA, a rhino advocacy organization.

From Seattle Times

The cult’s origin, according to Chesnut, dates at least to the 18th century when the Catholic Church used the image of La Parca — a Spanish female Grim Reaper — to evangelize Mexico’s indigenous people more than a century after the conquest of the Aztec empire by Hernán Cortés.

From Washington Post

Parca superstitio; non thurea flamma, nec altus Accipitur sanguis, lachrymis altaria sudant ...

From Project Gutenberg

Three sisters; also known as Mœræ or Parcæ, 165.

From Project Gutenberg