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pentagram

Noun

pen=ta=gram

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pentagram(n = noun.shape) pentacle, pentangle - a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon; Array

is a kind of star

pentagram, n. [Gr. , neut. of having five lines. See Penta-, and -gram.].

A pentacle or a pentalpha. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

pentagram, n. a five-pointed star formed by extending the sides of a pentagon both ways until they intersect, formerly used as a mystic symbol.

Etymology

Gk pentagrammon (as PENTA-, -GRAM)

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