Cronehood vs Crone - What's the difference?
cronehood | crone | Derived terms |
The condition of being an elderly woman; the time during which a woman is elderly.
* 1997 , & Leigh Eddings, Polgara the Sorceress , Del Ray (1999), ISBN 0345422554,
(Wicca) The elderly stage of a female Wiccan witch (compared with the Crone aspect of the Goddess).
* 2000 , Beverly Engel, Women Circling the Earth ,
* 2006 , Ashleen O'Gaea, Family Wicca: practical paganism for parents and children ,
* 2007 , Kevin M. Gardner, A Handbook for Wiccan Clergy,
* 2007 , Ruth Barrett, Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation ,
(obsolete) An old woman.
* Dryden
An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
(obsolete) An old ewe.
(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
* Beaconsfield
* Washington Irving
Crone is a derived term of cronehood.
In wicca terms the difference between cronehood and crone
is that cronehood is the elderly stage of a female Wiccan witch (compared with the Crone aspect of the Goddess) while crone is one of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Mother and Maiden and representing an old woman.As nouns the difference between cronehood and crone
is that cronehood is the condition of being an elderly woman; the time during which a woman is elderly while crone is an old woman.cronehood
English
Noun
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- It was a little vain, perhaps, but the notion of cronehood sent me immediately to my mirror.
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- Many circles create ceremonies to mark a woman's passage into cronehood and designate special status to crones
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- 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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- Grant (name) the gifts of inspiration, and a clear and quick mind as he/she approaches the honored state of (Sagehood/Cronehood ).
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- She speaks her commitment to herself as an elder and to the aspects of cronehood she will celebrate.
Synonyms
*(condition or time of being an elderly woman) anilityCoordinate terms
*(Wicca) sagehoodcrone
English
Noun
(en noun)- But still the crone was constant to her note.
- (Tusser)
- A few old battered crones of office.
- The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel which his master had given him.