Parcae

American  

[pahr-see, -kahy] / ˈpɑr si, -kaɪ /

plural noun

1. the three Fates of ancient Rome, developed out of the goddess Parca by identification with the Moerae of Greek mythology.

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Parcae British  

/ ˈpɑːsiː /

plural noun

1. Greek counterparts: the Moirai.  the Roman goddesses of fate

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Example Sentences

We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcae, but Fashion.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

The Parcae Sisters three have willed it so.

From Herb of Grace by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

Delolme on the British Constitution will not save us; deaf will the Parcae be to votes of the House, to leading articles, constitutional philosophies.

From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Carlyle, Thomas

Dare look the Parcae in the face, and they will tell you, Rome is the world.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

The Spartan is weaving the webs of the Parcae for his own feet.

From Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron