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athame

The correct spelling is athame.

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noun

IPA: /ɑːˈθɑː.meɪ/

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The correct spelling is athame. A ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and other neopagan traditions and having a black handle with magical symbols on it. For example: "The athame is a black-handled ritual knife—one of the most common distinguishing marks of the Neopagan Witch. Gerald Gardner, in Witchcraft Today, called the athame one of the three most essential tools of the Witch.https//books.google.com/books?id=FSnxlwQV0ccC&pg=PA22&dq=athame&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCkJWe-d7kAhVES6wKHXcOCecQ6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=athame&f=false"

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The athame is a black-handled ritual knife—one of the most common distinguishing marks of the Neopagan Witch. Gerald Gardner, in Witchcraft Today, called the athame one of the three most essential tools of the Witch.https//books.google.com/books?id=FSnxlwQV0ccC&pg=PA22&dq=athame&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCkJWe-d7kAhVES6wKHXcOCecQ6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=athame&f=false

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and other neopagan traditions and having a black handle with magical symbols on it.

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