covenstead

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covenstead

  • /ˈkʌvn̩ˌstɛd/

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From coven + stead; first attested in 1969.

noun covensteads

  1. 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.
  2. metonymically A Wiccan congregation. For the last year, the entire covenstead had noticed an increase in the number of outsiders on their properties.

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noun permanent circle or temple

Españolsantuario de brujas, templo de aquelarre, santuario, escondite

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@misc{covenstead_2026,
  title = {covenstead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/covenstead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}