MOIRAE

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• MOIRAE (noun)
  The noun MOIRAE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MOIRAE used as a noun is very rare.

• MOIRAE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Moirae; Moirai

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)