cronehood

noun 2

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noun

1

The condition of being an elderly woman; the time during which a woman is elderly.

It was a little vain, perhaps, but the notion of cronehood sent me immediately to my mirror.

2

The elderly stage of a female Wiccan witch (compared with the Crone aspect of the Goddess).

Many circles create ceremonies to mark a woman's passage into cronehood and designate special status to crones

An archaic term, really, but I like it. crone: A menopausal or post-menopausal Wiccan. The time at which a woman assumes her cronehood is intensely individual.

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