Charites

[ kar-i-teez ]

plural noun

, singular Cha·ris [key, -ris].

1. the ancient Greek name for the Graces.

Example Sentences

And they were not alone to watch for her coming, for the three Charites (Graces, or Gratiæ) were also present.

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How a young man came and declared the miserable death of Lepolemus and his wife Charites.

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Then immediately the friends of miserable Charites did bury her body within the same Sepulchre.

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Then he points out Nature's harmonies and changes of colour, and warns Charites to avoid the storms of the passions.

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Charites describes his conversion to the love of Nature by his friend Eukrates.

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