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croning

croning noun: a Wiccan or feminist ceremony that recognizes older women as wise and experienced "crones".

Noun

croning (countable and uncountable, plural cronings)

  1. A Wiccan or feminist ceremony that recognizes older women as wise and experienced "crones".
    • In many traditions, passage rites mark the passage into later maturity, but some feel that the emphasis placed on "cronings" and similar rituals lessen ^([sic]) the experiences for people at other stages of life, or even discredit those people.2001, Kaatryn MacMorgan, All One Wicca, page 111

Forms of croning

pluralcronings

Origin of croning

crone + -ing

Questions about croning

What does croning mean?
Croning means a Wiccan or feminist ceremony that recognizes older women as wise and experienced "crones".
What part of speech is croning?
Croning is a noun.
What is the plural of croning?
The plural of croning is cronings.

Words near croning in the dictionary

  1. Cronholms
  2. Cronian
  3. cronidipine
  4. cronies
  5. Cronin
  6. croning
  7. cronings
  8. Cronins
  9. cronjob
  10. cronjobs
  11. cronk

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