cronehood

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cronehood

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From crone + -hood.

noun

uncountable 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.
Similar: anility
uncountable 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

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@misc{cronehood_2026,
  title = {cronehood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cronehood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}