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sagehood

sagehood noun: the condition or time of being a sage.

Noun

sagehood (uncountable)

  1. The condition or time of being a sage.
  2. The elderly stage of a male Wiccan (compared with the Sage aspect of the Horned God).
    • handpartings, the recognition of crone- or sagehood, and funeral or memorial services.1998, Amber K, Robin Wood, Covencraft, page 129
    • An elder Wiccan man, a male crone. Saging: (SAGE-ing) A ritual to recognize and announce a man's attainment of sagehood2006, Ashleen O'Gaia, Family Wicca: practical paganism for parents and children, page 220

Origin of sagehood

From sage + -hood.

Questions about sagehood

What does sagehood mean?
Sagehood means the condition or time of being a sage.
What part of speech is sagehood?
Sagehood is a noun.

Words near sagehood in the dictionary

  1. sagebrushes
  2. sagecraft
  3. saged
  4. sagehen
  5. sagehens
  6. sagehood
  7. sageland
  8. sagelands
  9. sageleaf willow
  10. sagelike
  11. sageliness

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