coven

thumb|Gathering of Wicca|Wiccans for a handfasting ceremony at [[Avebury in England]]

A coven () is a group or gathering of witches. The word "coven" (from Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventum = convention) remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promoted the idea that all witches across Europe met in groups of thirteen which they called "covens".