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.

Hyponyms

• Gardnerian Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca, Eclectic Wicca, Odyssean Wicca, Dianic Wicca, Celtic Wicca, Faery Wicca

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; animism,‎ Asatru,‎ Bahá'í Faith,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Christianity,‎ Confucianism,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ religious humanism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Judaism,‎ LaVeyanism,‎ Luciferianism,‎ New Age,‎ paganism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ santería,‎ Scientology,‎ shamanism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Spiritism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Tenrikyo,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Translations

Derived terms

• Wiccan, Wiccanism, Wiccanist
• Wiccanize, Wiccanizing
• Wiccaphobia, wiccaphobe

See also

• Wicca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Witchcraft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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

Finnish

Noun

wicca

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (religion): wicca-uskonto, wiccalaisuus
• (follower): wiccalainen

Derived terms

• wiccalainen
• wiccalaisuus

Italian

Noun

wicca f ‎(invariable)

1. Wicca

Related terms

• wiccano

Old English

Noun

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.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: witch; Wicca (borrowing), wicked

References

1. ↑