croning
nounEtymology crone + -ing
1
A Wiccan or feminist ceremony that recognizes older women as wise and experienced "crones".
- In many traditions, passage rites mark the passage into later maturity, but some feel that the emphasis placed on "cronings" and similar rituals lessen ^([sic]) the experiences for people at other stages of life, or even discredit those people.2001, Kaatryn MacMorgan, All One Wicca, page 111: