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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