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Wicca
[ wik-uh ]
noun
- a nature-oriented religion having rituals and practices derived from pre-Christian religious beliefs and typically incorporating modern witchcraft of a benevolent kind. neopaganism ( def ).
Wicca
/ ˈwɪkə /
noun
- sometimes not capital the cult or practice of witchcraft
Derived Forms
- ˈWiccan, nounadjective
Other Words From
- Wic·can noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of Wicca1
Example Sentences
"It's not like this Wicca bulls**t is doing us any good," Natalie says, one of the only remaining out of the survivors to not have gone full cabin woo-woo or boo-hoo.
As witchcraft practice, including Wicca, became more openly accepted, occult consultants began popping up more regularly, credited or not, on shows, including “Charmed,” “Supernatural,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and even the military legal procedural “JAG.”
Practices include black magic, white magic, Wicca, Reiki, Tarot, astrology, and healers of the evil eye and other ailments.
The religion made sense to her and she joined the Women of the Goddess Circle, a feminist pagan spiritual community of women in the Dianic tradition of Wicca, which focuses on women’s empowerment.
For 50 years, Budapest dedicated much of her life to creating and disseminating Dianic Wicca — a feminist, Goddess-centered spirituality she originated in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
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