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wiccaning

wiccaning noun: a Wiccan ritual analogous to baptism for infants.

Noun (1)

wiccaning (plural wiccanings)

  1. A Wiccan ritual analogous to baptism for infants.
    • The welcoming rite — referred to as a wiccaning, a saining, or a paganing — serves a threefold purpose.1999, Helen A. Berger, A community of witches, page 90

Noun (2) capitalized: Wiccaning

Wiccaning (plural Wiccanings)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of wiccaning.

Forms of wiccaning

pluralwiccanings
pluralWiccanings

Origin of wiccaning

From wiccan + -ing.

Questions about wiccaning

What does wiccaning mean?
Wiccaning means a Wiccan ritual analogous to baptism for infants.
What part of speech is wiccaning?
Wiccaning is a noun.
What is the plural of wiccaning?
The plural of wiccaning is wiccanings.

Words near wiccaning in the dictionary

  1. WIBTA
  2. WIC
  3. Wicca
  4. Wiccan
  5. Wiccandom
  6. wiccaning
  7. wiccanings
  8. Wiccanism
  9. Wiccanist
  10. Wiccanists
  11. wiccanize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wiccaning (page history and authors); Wiccaning (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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