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 such prelude old, such good-night ditty to Peleus, Sang their deep divination, ineffable, holy, the Parcae.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson

Or prayers the stony Parcae soothe, Or coax the thunder from its mark?

From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

I am sure Sora Serafina, Sora Lodovica, and Sora Adalgisa—the three Parcae or Norns, as I call them—have some such notion.

From Hauntings by Lee, Vernon

Go make your complaint to Jupiter and the Parcae.

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

What is this labour?" said the peer to John;   And the disciple answered Otho's heir,   "Know that the Parcae are those ancient wives,   That in this fashion spin your feeble lives.

From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart