Wicca
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Wicca
First recorded in 1950–55; adapted from Old English wicca “male sorcerer” ( Middle English wicch(e), “sorcerer (male or female)”; see also witch, wicked
Example Sentences
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On the Maes in Pwllheli, a mobile sign on the pavement advertises a shop's wares: "Tarot, Crystals, Wicca, Reiki."
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
Baker, detectives learned, had been a sweet-tempered practitioner of Wicca, a form of nature worship that shunned violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
As witchcraft practice, including Wicca, became more openly accepted, occult consultants began popping up more regularly, credited or not, on shows, including “Charmed,” “Supernatural,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and even the military legal procedural “JAG.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
Practices include black magic, white magic, Wicca, Reiki, Tarot, astrology, and healers of the evil eye and other ailments.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2022
Janet was fairly sure that Reiki was Japanese, Wicca was British, and yoga came from a different kind of Indian, but her mother had no time for such trivialities.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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