covenstead

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often…

   A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location.

   • He began being late for meetings and, as some members travelled quite a distance to the covenstead and had to leave promptly afterwards, Alex took him to task.
   • 1986, Raymond Buckland, Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft, link It used to be that one covendom could not overlap another, so one covenstead would never be closer than six miles to the next.
   • 1993, Janet Thompson, Of Witches: Celebrating the Goddess As a Solitary Pagan, page 29, If that is the case, then the home of the high Priestess is likely to be referred to as the covenstead.
2. 2

   A Wiccan congregation.

   • For the last year, the entire covenstead had noticed an increase in the number of outsiders on their properties.
   • In connection with these principles the Dianic Covenstead had a very effective series of exercises and techniques for regaining kinship and attunement with nature.

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