moirai
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra).
1
Human sciences, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Sciences Greek The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
2
One's own destiny; fate.
- Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.1970, Toni Morrison, “Summer”, in The Bluest Eye: