Meaning

(Wicca, paganism) A forked ritual staff..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Wicca, paganism) A forked ritual staff.
2. (archaic or obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
3. (obsolete or historical) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
4. (intransitive) To shoot with pain, to sting.
5. (transitive) To spear; to sting.
6. (dialect, rare) simple past of sting
7. (slang, US) Short for Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

Example Sentences

The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power[…]

In more common (and private) Wiccan circles, the stang is replaced by the athame (black handled knife) and the cauldron replaced with the chalice but its^([sic]) pretty much /whatever works for you/.

These stangs can be used as natural altars in outdoor rituals or simply as walking staffs.

Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.

These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")

Word Forms

• stangs
• stanging
• stanged

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