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Wicca

American  
[wik-uh] / ˈwɪk ə /

noun

  1. a nature-oriented religion having rituals and practices derived from pre-Christian religious beliefs and typically incorporating modern witchcraft of a benevolent kind.

Wicca British  
/ ˈwɪkə /

noun

  1. (sometimes not capital) the cult or practice of witchcraft

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Other Word Forms

  • Wiccan noun

Etymology

Origin of Wicca

First recorded in 1950–55; adapted from Old English wicca “male sorcerer” ( Middle English wicch(e), “sorcerer (male or female)”; witch, wicked

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