Charites
Americanplural noun
singular
CharisExample 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
Tres Charites Veneri assistunt, dominamque sequuntur: Hincque voluptates, atque alimenta parant; Lætitiam Euphrosyne, speciosum Aglaia nitorem; Suadela est Pithus, blandus et ore lepos.
From Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 by Various
But Thrasillus was very importunate, and at length brought to passe, that at the intercession of the Parents and friends of Charites, she somewhat refreshed her fallen members with refection of meate and baine.
From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566
Then immediately the friends of miserable Charites did bury her body within the same Sepulchre.
From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566
Vivite felices; non est spes irrita, namque Divina Charites talia voce canunt.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. by Vasari, Giorgio
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