pentangle

American  

[pen-tang-guhl] / ˈpɛn tæŋ gəl /

noun

1. pentagram.

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pentangle British  

/ ˈpɛnˌtæŋɡəl /

noun

1. another name for pentagram

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Etymology

Origin of pentangle

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; pent-, angle ¹

Example Sentences

In the past two years, the U.S. has lavished most of its attention on the Soviet and Chinese sides of that political pentangle.

From Time Magazine Archive

British Playwright Nichols' twist is that almost before the affair begins, the triangle becomes a pentangle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Five, certainly, would be an appropriate word for the pentangle.

From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas

He is also the servant of Our Lady, and bears her picture on his shield, along with the pentangle which is the emblem of her Five Joys, as well as the Five Wounds of Christ.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

And if a right line inscribed do countervaile the sides of the sexangle and decangle, it is the side of the pentangle.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William