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pentacle
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon [syn: pentagram ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pentacle can mean: another term for Pentagram Pentacle (magic) , a type of magical symbol Suit of coins , also called the Suit of Pentacles, in tarot card decks Pentacle (magazine) , a Pagan magazine The Pentacle , a short-lived DC Comics supervillain team ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Medieval Latin pentaculum "pentagram," a hybrid coined from Greek pente "five" (see five ) + Latin -culum , diminutive (or instrumental) suffix. OED notes other similar words: Italian had pentacolo "anything with five points," and French pentacle ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A pentagram, especially a physical one used for magical or mystical purposes. 2 (context Neopaganism Wicca English) A pentagram enclosed within a circle, especially a physical one.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentacle \Pen"ta*cle\, n. [Gr. ? five.] 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.
Usage examples of pentacle.
Five circles were inscribed upon it, each with its own pentacle, runes, candles, and incense pots.
Fritang departed in corkscrew motion through the center of the pentacle, as if sucked noisily down a plughole.
He would sit in the center of his pentacle, stylus on his knee, listening with rapt attention, ticking me off when I introduced a more than usually obvious fib, and frequently interrupting to clarify some ambiguity.
I was still in the middle of my ululation when I caught sight of the figure in the pentacle opposite, and was completely put off my stroke.
Much to the relief of my wounded essence, the towering demon shrank and shimmered and adjusted itself down to fit the pentacle more snugly.
A lilac-colored flame rose from the center of my pentacle and administered a swift jab in a private area.
Since his accident at the margins of the pentacle, the young Egyptian boy had been facing her, chest and chin thrust out, hands sweeping this way and that to illustrate his expansive statements and occasionally return his loincloth to position.
If she broke the summons by stepping from the pentacle, Bartimaeus would be able to destroy her before vanishing.
At the far end, barely squeezing himself into his pentacle, was Hodge, all prickles, odors, and bad personality.
On the ninth minute Nathaniel detected something in the pentacle with Makepeace.
At the last minute I shall use the pentacle to summon a troupe of the strongest djinn.
Pale streams of light ran up its length and congregated by the carved pentacle at the end.
On the chair behind the desk she discovered a dirty old cushion, much used and battered, and this she placed in the pentacle as a pillow.
So astonished were the ancients to observe this phenomenon, that Venus and her pentacle became symbols of perfection, beauty, and the cyclic qualities of sexual love.
The original feminine meaning is correct, but the symbolism of the pentacle has been distorted over the millennia.