witch
noun
a person, especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress.
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However, Federico finds himself falling for the nun as well, and as she inconveniently survives one test of witchhood after another — drowning, branding — his loyalties are severely tested.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2016