cronehood

English edit

cronehood (uncountable)

The condition of being an elderly woman; the time during which a woman is elderly.
- 1997, David, Leigh Eddings, Polgara the Sorceress, Del Ray, published 1999, →ISBN, pages 142–143:
  It was a little vain, perhaps, but the notion of cronehood sent me immediately to my mirror.
(Wicca) The elderly stage of a female Wiccan witch (compared with the Crone aspect of the Goddess).
- 2000, Beverly Engel, Women Circling the Earth‎^[1], page 34:
  Many circles create ceremonies to mark a woman's passage into cronehood and designate special status to crones
- 2006, Ashleen O'Gaea, Family Wicca: practical paganism for parents and children‎^[2], page 213:
  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.
- 2007, Kevin M. Gardner, A Handbook for Wiccan Clergy, page 29
  Grant (name) the gifts of inspiration, and a clear and quick mind as he/she approaches the honored state of (Sagehood/Cronehood).
- 2007, Ruth Barrett, Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation‎^[3], page 9:
  She speaks her commitment to herself as an elder and to the aspects of cronehood she will celebrate.