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witch cults

witch cults is the plural of witch cult.

Meaning of witch cult

Noun

witch cult (plural witch cults)

  1. (As proposed by Margaret Murray) a covert pagan religion believed to have persisted across medieval Europe, devoted to an ancient fertility god and persecuted by Christianity as witchcraft.
    • People who read of the old witch-trials would be horrified to come upon the witch-cult persisting in modern England.1931 January 9, The Recorder, Port Pirie, SA, page 4, column 3

Questions about witch cults

What is witch cults the plural of?
Witch cults is the plural of witch cult.

Words near witch cults in the dictionary

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