# wicca

/ˈwɪkə/ (US) · CEFR C1 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/wicca
Updated: 2026-10-19

## Definition

a modern religion that honours nature and uses rituals and seasonal celebrations. People who follow it often worship a goddess and a god.

For teachers: a contemporary pagan religious movement centred on nature worship, ritual practice and reverence for a goddess and a god. Emerging in mid-20th-century Britain, often practised alone or in small groups called covens.

## Examples

- She studies Wicca and celebrates nature with friends.
- They join a local Wicca group that meets monthly to mark the changing seasons with simple rituals.
- Scholars trace modern Wicca to mid-twentieth-century England, where ancient folk customs and ceremonial magic were reshaped into a nature-centred faith.

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