white witch

English

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Noun

white witch (plural white witches)

  1. A witch who practises white magic.
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 239:
      it was unclear whether the client of the white witch was committing an offence or not, and he very seldom made an appearance in the law courts.

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