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[pen-tuh-gram] | 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. |
[pen-tuh-gruh-mat-ik] , adjective | pen·ta·cle (pěn'tə-kəl) n. A five-pointed star, often held to have magical or mystical significance, formed by five straight lines connecting the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon in the completed figure. Also called pentagram. [Medieval Latin *pentāculum : Greek penta-, penta- + Latin -culum, diminutive suff.] |