Wicca en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- [ˈwɪkə]
- /ˈwɪkə/
Etymology
A twentieth-century borrowing of Old English wiċċa (“male witch”) (from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“sorcerer”)) with a spelling pronunciation. The modern use of the term was introduced first as Wica, mentioned briefly in the tenth chapter of Gerald Gardner's book Witchcraft Today (1954), as a collective noun ("the Wica"), allegedly used as a self-designation by practitioners of witchcraft. The spelling Wicca, again as a collective noun, was introduced and popularized by Gerald Gardner's later book, The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959).
Meanings
- A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by the 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.
Deriveds
Wiccatru · Wiccanism · Gardnerian Wicca · Dianic Wicca · Reclaiming Wicca · Wiccanize · Eclectic Wicca · Odyssean Wicca · Faery Wicca · Alexandrian Wicca · Wiccaphobia · Celtic Wicca · Wiccanizing · Wiccan · Seax-Wicca · Wiccanist · wiccaphobe
Translations (25)
ur ویکا (neo-pagan religion) · fi wicca (neo-pagan religion) · ja ウィッカ (neo-pagan religion) · ko 위카 (neo-pagan religion) · yue 威卡教 (neo-pagan religion) · es wicca (neo-pagan religion) · hu wicca (neo-pagan religion) · eo viĉo (neo-pagan religion) · tr Vika (neo-pagan religion) · pt wicca (neo-pagan religion) · ga Wicca (neo-pagan religion) · el Γουίκα (neo-pagan religion) · cy Wica (neo-pagan religion) · es magia (neo-pagan religion) · ru ви́кка (neo-pagan religion) · mr विका (neo-pagan religion) · fr wicca (neo-pagan religion) · cmn 威卡教 (neo-pagan religion) · pl wicca (neo-pagan religion) · eo Viko (neo-pagan religion) · lt Wicca (neo-pagan religion) · es hechicería (neo-pagan religion) · de Wicca (neo-pagan religion) · sv wicca (neo-pagan religion) · es brujería (neo-pagan religion)