Meaning of witch cult | Babel Free

Definitions

A covert pagan religion believed to have persisted across medieval Europe, devoted to an ancient fertility god and persecuted by Christianity as witchcraft.

Examples

“People who read of the old witch-trials would be horrified to come upon the witch-cult persisting in modern England.”

“The Middle Ages were permeated by the witch cult. Witches were consulted by love lorn maidens and swains, of all ranks and degrees.”

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