"Wicca" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈwɪkə/
Rhymes: -ɪkə Etymology: A twentieth-century borrowing of Old English wiċċa (“male witch”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkô (“sorcerer”); mispronounced as /ˈwɪkə/ instead of the correct /ˈwit.t͡ʃɑ/. The modern use of the term was introduced first as Wica, mentioned briefly in chapter 10 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). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyk-|id=separate}}, {{lbor|en|ang|wiċċa|notext=1|t=male witch}} Old English wiċċa (“male witch”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wikkô|t=sorcerer}} Proto-Germanic *wikkô (“sorcerer”) Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Paganism, Wicca Hyponyms: Gardnerian Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca, Celtic Wicca, Dianic Wicca, Eclectic Wicca, Faery Wicca, Odyssean Wicca, Reclaiming Wicca, Seax-Wicca, Trojan Wicca Derived forms: Wiccan, Wiccanism, Wiccanist, Wiccanize, Wiccanizing, Wiccaphobia, wiccaphobe Translations (neo-pagan religion): 威卡教 (wai¹ kaa¹ gaau³) (Chinese Cantonese), 威卡教 (Wēikǎjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), Viko (Esperanto), viĉo (Esperanto), wicca (Finnish), wicca [feminine] (French), Wicca [neuter] (German), Γουίκα (Gouíka) [feminine] (Greek), wicca (Hungarian), Wicca (Irish), ウィッカ (wikka) (Japanese), 위카 (wika) (Korean), Wicca [feminine] (Lithuanian), wicca [feminine] (Polish), wicca [feminine] (Portuguese), ви́кка (víkka) [feminine] (Russian), wicca [feminine] (Spanish), brujería [feminine] (Spanish), hechicería [feminine] (Spanish), magia [feminine] (Spanish), wicca (Swedish), Vika (Turkish), ویکا (vīkā) [feminine] (Urdu)

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      "roman": "wai¹ kaa¹ gaau³",
      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
      "word": "威卡教"
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      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
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      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
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      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
      "word": "ウィッカ"
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      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
      "word": "위카"
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      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wicca"
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      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ви́кка"
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      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
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      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
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      "word": "magia"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
      "word": "wicca"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "neo-pagan religion",
      "word": "Vika"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vīkā",
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