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Proper Noun

1. 1
   The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice. Greek

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chione

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"In Greek mythology, the Horae or Hours were the goddesses of the seasons."

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hôrai, “hours; seasons”).

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