Definition of Moirae

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

Exact synonyms: Moirai
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity
Member holonyms: Clotho, Klotho, Lachesis, Atropos

Definition of Moirae

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the goddesses, who controlled the destiny of everyone, by weaving with the thread of life. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moirae

Mohr's syndrome
Mohr pipette
Mohrenheim
Mohrenheim's fossa
Mohrenheim's space
Mohria
Mohria caffrorum
Mohs' chemosurgery
Mohs' fresh tissue chemosurgery technique
Mohs' micrographic surgery
Mohs' surgery
Mohs scale
Mohurrum
Moira
Moira Shearer
Moirae
Moirai
Moishy
Mojave
Mojave Desert
Mojave aster
Mojave rattlesnake
Moki
Mokola virus
Moksha
Mokulu
Mola lanceolata
Moldavia
Moldavian
Moldavian SSR

Literary usage of Moirae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Mythology, in Relation to Greek Art by Maxime Collignon (1890)
"This idea of the Fates (moirae) was too abstract to provide early plastic art with the elements of a clearly defined type; and few monuments of Greek style ..."

2. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"With Hesiod we find, instead of one, three moirae. They are no longer offspring of Zeus, but, as it were, his Cabinet. They do not act independently of him, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"moirae. (From François vue.) [The view as to the nature of the ... by the representations of moirae. Other vases prove that this garment was open down the ..."

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