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Wicca

Wicca

See also: wicca

English

Proper noun

Wicca

  1. A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.

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  1. Gardner, Gerald (1954) Witchcraft Today, New York, New York: Magickal Childe, ISBN 978-0806500027, page 102

wicca

wicca

See also: Wicca

Finnish

Noun

wicca

  1. Wicca (neo-pagan religion)
  2. Wiccan (follower of this religion)

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Inflection of wicca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative wicca wiccat
genitive wiccan wiccojen
partitive wiccaa wiccoja
illative wiccaan wiccoihin
singular plural
nominative wicca wiccat
accusative nom. wicca wiccat
gen. wiccan
genitive wiccan wiccojen
wiccainrare
partitive wiccaa wiccoja
inessive wiccassa wiccoissa
elative wiccasta wiccoista
illative wiccaan wiccoihin
adessive wiccalla wiccoilla
ablative wiccalta wiccoilta
allative wiccalle wiccoille
essive wiccana wiccoina
translative wiccaksi wiccoiksi
instructive wiccoin
abessive wiccatta wiccoitta
comitative wiccoineen

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Italian

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wicca f (invariable)

  1. Wicca

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Old English

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wiċċa m

  1. wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid, necromancer
    • c. 890, Ælfred, Domboc, Prologue
      Ða fæmnan þe gewuniað onfon gealdorcræftigan ⁊ scinlæcan ⁊ wiccan, ne læt þu ða libban.
      Women who are accustomed to receiving enchanters and sorceresses and witches, do not let them live.

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