Witchcraft

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈwɪtʃkɹæft/

Origin

From Old English wiċċecræft, compound of wiċċe ("") and cræft ("craft").

Full definition of witchcraft

Noun

1. The practice of witches; magic, sorcery or the use supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
• 1387, John Trevisa (transl.), Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis, chapter XLIV:And in þat ilond is sortilege and wicchecraft i-vsed. For wommen þere selliþ schipmen wynde, as it were i-closed vnder þre knottes of þrede, so þat þe more wynd he wol haue, he wil vnknette þe mo knottes.
2. Wiccans believe in a modernised form of witchcraft.