Horæ

A form of Horae — 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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Horae: plural of Hora.

    His second goddess‐wife was Themis, one of the Titans, by whom he became the father of the Horæ and the Mœræ (Fates).

    1877, The mythology of Greece and Rome, page 31
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