pentacle

Noun

Meaning

A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pentagram pentangle pentalpha pentagon cinque quintette five pentathlon pentagonal limerick quintuple cinquefoil pentad lustrum quinquennium
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Antonyms

inverted pentagram

Hypernyms

star

Examples

Five white candles surrounded my summoning circle, the points of an invisible pentacle. White for protection. And because they're the cheapest color at Wal-Mart. Jim Butcher

Regardie, Golden Dawn, p. 80. Fire is considered to be active; it is represented by the symbol for Leo and it is referred to the lower right point of the pentacle in the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentacle. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pentachrome pentachromic pentacid pentacoccous pentacolor pentacolored