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pentacle

[ pen-tuh-kuhl ]

noun

  1. a similar figure, as a hexagram.


pentacle

/ ˈpɛntəkəl /

noun

  1. another name for pentagram
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pentacle1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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