covenstead

== English == === Etymology === From coven +‎ stead; first attested in 1969. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʌvn̩ˌstɛd/ Hyphenation: cov‧en‧stead === Noun === covenstead (plural covensteads) (Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location. 1986, Raymond Buckland, Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft, link It used to be that one covendom could not overlap another, so one covenstead would never be closer than six miles to the next. 1993, Janet Thompson, Of Witches: Celebrating the Goddess As a Solitary Pagan, page 29, If that is the case, then the home of the high Priestess is likely to be referred to as the covenstead. (Wicca, metonymic) A Wiccan congregation. ==== Translations ====