why is it called when a group of witches meet?

Answer 1

A group of witches is a coven. Sabbats are pagan festivals which commemorate points of the wheel of the year. Soiree is also an acceptable term for our Goddess gatherings.

Answer 2

well i am wiccan and i call it a grove or a circle. some call it a moot. but most that i know that use the word coven are refering to something a bit more then a meet. to them a coven of individuals are like a group you trust with your diary. they are that close and closer they are your support group and its necessary to have it this intimate because to do real magickal work you need a steady group mind. other then that a meet is a meet.

oh and to add to that yes when witches meet for the sake of the moon (either full or new or any phase really) it is called an esbat
and when its one of the 8 holidays of the solar year then we call it a sabbat.

Answer 3

It is a coven.

Coven or covan was originally a late medieval Scots word meaning a gathering of any kind, according to the Oxford English Dictionary with the first usage being in 1500. It derives from the Latin root word convenire meaning to come together or to gather, which also gave rise to the English word convene.

The first recorded use of it being used for witches comes much later, from 1662 in the witch-trial of Isobel Gowdie, which describes a coven of 13 members.

The word coven remained mainly unused in standard English until 1921 when Margaret Murray claimed that all witches across Europe met in groups of thirteen which they called 'covens'. This claim is now greatly disputed.

Answer 4

A coven is a group of witches with a common belief or goal. When they do meet it's called a gathering.

Answer 5

witches meet on the Sabbats and Esbats (Full Moons and Holidays). A coven is what many call their group or "family" of witches, some even have have 13 members.

Answer 6

A group of witches is called a coven. When a coven meets... on Sabbats, Esbats, and other days of festivities. If it's just an oridinary get-together, it's just a meeting, party, etc.

Answer 7

A group of witches is called a coven.

Answer 8

a group of witches are a coven
they tend to meet at sabbats
or other high days

Answer 9

Depends.

Meeting for what purpose? Just for a social get-together (then it's called a shindig, soiree, sip-n-quip, party, "and by many other names")? Or for a ceremonial event? And if for a ceremonial event, it totally depends again. Because some "witches" (to use your term; I for one don't usually call myself that; I prefer "Wiccan" to describe my religious affiliation and "Wiccan priest" or "initiate" to describe my role) gather for worship services in small, intimate, closed groups, often called covens, or in some traditions, groves, or in some traditions (and somewhat less closed or fixed constellations of people), circles. Others meet in much larger, more open groups, usually called communities, "and by many other names."

Answer 10

Wicca use the term coven, yes,and they ususally meet in mutiples of 3.

9 and 12 I believe is the best, the most powerful.