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MOIRAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns

Synonyms:

Moirae; Moirai

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Moirae" is a kind of...):

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Meronyms (members of "Moirae"):

Clotho; Klotho (the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life)

Lachesis (the Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the thread of life)

Atropos (the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life)

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