In the 1950s through to the 1970s, when the Wiccan movement was largely confined to lineaged groups such as Gardnerian Wicca, a "tradition" usually implied the transfer of a lineage by initiation. However, with the rise of more and more such groups, often being founded by those with no previous initiatory lineage, the term came to be a synonym for areligious denomination within Wicca. There are many such traditions, and there are also many solitary practitioners who do not align themselves with any particular lineage, working alone