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Definition of Saining
1. Noun. (context: Wicca) A ritual analogous to baptism for the infants of pagans wherein the family commits to care for a child and but not necessarily an indoctrination into the belief system ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of sain) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saining
1. sain [v] - See also: sain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saining
Literary usage of Saining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders by William Henderson (1866)
"... saining a corpse—Death with the tide—Discovery of the drowned— Carrying the
dead with the sun. THROUGHOUT the Borders, and in the six northern counties ..."
2. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"The candle for " saining" should be procured from a suspected witch or wizard,
... The saining candle must be kept burning through the night, and the table ..."
3. Ethnology in Folklore by George Laurence Gomme (1892)
"It appears that the saining candle must be kept burning throughout the night,
and it seems that the reason for this may well be in order to ..."
4. Ethnology in Folklore by George Laurence Gomme (1892)
"It appears that the saining candle must be kept burning throughout the night,
and it seems that the reason for this ..."
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