pentagram
[pen-tuh-gram]
noun
a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
Origin of pentagram
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Related Words for pentagram
cinquefoil, pentangle, quintuple, lustrum, cinque, quinquennium, pentacle, quintuplet, pentagon, limerick, pentad, quincunx, quinquennial, quintuplicateExamples from the Web for pentagram
Contemporary Examples of pentagram
Historical Examples of pentagram
Then he calls a rat to gnaw a gap in the pentagram, and escapes.
The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'H. B. Cotterill
"The virtues of the Pentagram endure," he said, with absolute self-possession.
The Prince of India, Volume ILew. Wallace
Pentagram, pen′ta-gram, n. a five-pointed star: a magic figure so called.
The floor was of red lacquer, and in it was inlaid a pentagram the size of the room, made of wide strips of brass.
Black Spirits and WhiteRalph Adams Cram
In the centre of this pentagram was a circular disk of black stone, slightly saucer-shaped, with a small outlet in the middle.
Black Spirits and WhiteRalph Adams Cram
pentagram
noun
Also called: pentacle, pentangle
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