Moirai

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The three Fates, personifications of destiny. Greek, plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns wordnet
  3. 3
    One's own destiny; fate. plural, plural-only

    "Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives."

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deityfatesgodgoddessheavenmoirae

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"Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra).

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