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
One of the three Graces or Charites; attendant of Venus, 105.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
On a day Lepolemus went to the chase with Thrasillus, to hunt for Goates, for his wife Charites desired him earnestly to meddle with no other beasts, which were of more fierce and wilde nature.
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
Then immediately the friends of miserable Charites did bury her body within the same Sepulchre.
From The Golden Asse by Adlington, William, fl. 1566
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