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The Fates. The three were Clotho, Lachʹesis, and Atʹropos. (Latin mythology.) Parcæ is from pars, a lot; and the corresponding Moiræ is from meros, a lot. The Fates were so called because they decided the lot of every man.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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