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WICCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wicca mean? 

WICCA (noun)
  The noun WICCA has 2 senses:

1. a community of followers of the Wicca religionplay

2. the polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europeplay

  Familiarity information: WICCA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WICCA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A community of followers of the Wicca religion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Wicca" is a kind of...):

cult (followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Wicca" is a kind of...):

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)


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