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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 religion
2. the polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europe
Familiarity information: WICCA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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