"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-West Germanic *wikkō (“sorcerer”)) with a spelling pronunciation. 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|gmw-pro|*wikkō|t=sorcerer}} Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“sorcerer”), {{glossary|spelling pronunciation}} spelling pronunciation 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), विका (vikā) (Marathi), 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), Wica [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Wicca-en-name-C8hFL-0A Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Coordinate_terms: agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism [edit] Coordinate_terms (religions): religion
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