pentacle

[ pen-tuh-kuhl ]

noun

1. pentagram.
2. a similar figure, as a hexagram.

pentacle

/ ˈpɛntəkəl /

noun

1. another name for pentagram

Word History and Origins

Origin of pentacle¹

First recorded in 1585–95, pentacle is from the Italian word pentacolo five-cornered object. See penta-, -cle ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pentacle¹

C16: from Italian pentacolo something having five corners; see penta-

Example Sentences

On January 18, officials from the Bureau of Land Management discovered that vandals had struck ten petroglyphs, defacing them with spray-painted images of pentacles, swastikas, and racial slurs.

From Outside Online

It occurs within the pentacle symbol engraved on a pebble from the Broch of Burrian, Orkney.

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A youthful figure, looking intently at the pentacle which hovers over his raised hands.

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A crowned figure, having a pentacle over his crown, clasps another with hands and arms; two pentacles are under his feet.

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As you know, my friend, the Pentacle is a star formed by two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star.

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S'pose those devils, Pentacle gangers they was fer sure, nipped 'im?

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