coven
coven
Definition
coven (kuv′ən)
noun
a gathering or meeting, esp. of witches
Etymology: ME covin, a group of confederates, agreement, secret plan < OFr covin or ML covina: both < ML convenium < VL *convenium, an agreement < L convenire: see convene
coven
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- find: Where can I find a local coven ( Top of page ) In 99.9 % of cases you won't!
- form: But that these individuals formed covens to carry out their religious worship or spellcraft seems highly unlikely given all the reasons above.
- work: The Hearth publishes the long running Silver Wheel Magazine, runs teaching circles and postal courses as well as a working coven.
- call: As everyone knows, a gathering of witches is called a coven.
- have: You have a coven that I wish were just down the road a bit.
Adjective modifier
- own: The two of us attempted to begin our own satanic coven.
- local: Where can I find a local coven ( Top of page ) In 99.9 % of cases you won't!
- different: However precise beliefs differ quite widely between different covens and even among individual witches.
- dianic: In a same way that some Dianic covens are single sex and have strong feminist presence.
- satanic: The two of us attempted to begin our own satanic coven.
- first: When Lady Sheba was initiated into her first coven, she hand-copied The Book of Shadows.
Modifies a noun
- member: The coven members now attended Imogen, waiting for the prophesy which would be revealed when she awakened.
- meeting: Keep track of coven meetings, festivals, and your more mundane appointments in the midst of recipes, rituals and pagan artwork.
Noun used with modifier
- witch: The plot is simple enough, a girl goes to study ballet at a school in Germany and runs into a witch coven.
- insurance: Quot and type have not warned of insurance coven pay out of.
Possessives
- witch: And Roman, head of the witch's coven, replies proudly, He has his father's eyes.
Preposition: of
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