Athame
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈθeɪmeɪ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Athame is a noun meaning A ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and other neopagan traditions and typically having a black handle with magical symbols on it.
Meaning
A ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and other neopagan traditions and typically having a black handle with magical symbols on it.
Example Sentences
Tradition says an athame should never have drawn blood.
She is moving with a regal gait, grasping the arthame, or magic knife.
Agia was quicker, making a cut at my neck with an athame before his weapon was free of the scabbard.
The athame is a black-handled ritual knife—one of the most common distinguishing marks of the Neopagan Witch.
Word Forms
- athames
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include apotropaion, asklepian, agalma, apotropaism, archwitch, menat.
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