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witch cult

noun

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  1. a covert pagan religion believed to have persisted across medieval Europe, devoted to an…

    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.
    • The Middle Ages were permeated by the witch cult. Witches were consulted by love lorn maidens and swains, of all ranks and degrees.

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