Parcae

American  

[pahr-see, -kahy] / ˈpɑr si, -kaɪ /

plural noun

singular

Parca

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

In M. Auguste Dozon's collection of Albanian stories, there is one called "The sold child," which bears directly on the survival of the Parcae.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

The Parcae Sisters three have willed it so.

From Herb of Grace by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

Jupiter answers him: If you will renounce Rome, the Parcae shall spin for you different fates, you shall become wise, you shall be happy. sextus—Why must I renounce the hope of a crown?

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.

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

It would seem as if, at the very birth of most of our modern poems,        'The conscious Parcae threw     Upon their roseate lips a Stygian hue.'

From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine