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Witch (word)

The English word witch, from the Old English wiċċe, is a term rooted in European folklore and superstition for a practitioner of witchcraft, magic or sorcery. Traditionally associated with malevolent magic, with those accused of witchcraft being the target of witch-hunts, in the modern era the term has taken on different meanings. In literature, a…

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Wicca the term has meanwhile been adopted as a label for adherents of all gendersinstance ofIn neopagan religions0.80text
those reported by Tacitusinstance ofprobably via early Germanic practices of cleromancy0.80text

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