pentangle

Noun

Meaning

A pentagon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pentagram pentacle brotherhood phoebe pentagon quint cinque quintette five fin brethren limerick quintuple quintet cinquefoil
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Examples

Bogdanov found the pentangle theme to be contained in most sword dances, and so incorporated a long sword dance while Gawain lay tossing uneasily before getting up to go to the Green Chapel. Source: Internet

Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992 p. 722. Along these lines, some academics link the Gawain pentangle to magical traditions. Source: Internet

Gawain’s pentangle also symbolises the "phenomenon of physically endless objects signifying a temporally endless quality." Source: Internet

However, concrete evidence tying the magical pentagram to Gawain's pentangle is scarce. Source: Internet

London: Kegan Paul Ltd., 1965 Pentangle seeAlso The pentangle on Gawain's shield is described as gold on a red background The pentangle on Gawain's shield is seen by many critics as signifying Gawain's perfection and power over evil. Source: Internet

Kittredge, p. 93. All of these virtues reside, as the poet says, in the "Endless Knot" of the pentangle, which forever interlinks and is never broken. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pentanediol pentanedione pentaneural pentangular pentanidium pentanitride