COVEN
What does "COVEN" mean?
A gathering or group of witches who meet regularly.
Meanings
- An assembly of witches, traditionally said to meet for ritual. Local legend claimed a coven met in the woods on the longest night.
Did you know?
- 'Coven' and 'convent' are the same word: both come from Latin 'conventus', a coming-together - one gathering became holy, the other infernal.
Word origin
A variant of 'covent' (an old form of 'convent'), from Latin 'conventus' (an assembly), from 'convenire' (to come together); it took on its witchcraft sense in English by the 17th century.
Remember it
A COVEN is a COVE for witches - a sheltered gathering place where they all CONVENE.
A little poem
Thirteen shadows lean above one flame.
The forest learns each whispered, borrowed name.
By dawn the clearing keeps no proof, no blame.
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Wordplay
- Why don't witches in a coven argue? They've already reached a coven-ant.
What it teaches
The same act of gathering can be called holy or wicked, depending only on who is naming it.
Quick facts
What does COVEN mean?
A gathering or group of witches who meet regularly.
Is COVEN a valid word?
Yes — COVEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is COVEN?
COVEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does COVEN come from?
A variant of 'covent' (an old form of 'convent'), from Latin 'conventus' (an assembly), from 'convenire' (to come together); it took on its witchcraft sense in English by the 17th century.
What can COVEN teach us?
The same act of gathering can be called holy or wicked, depending only on who is naming it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.