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pentacle

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛnt.ə.kl̩/Part of speech nounSorted aceelnptStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A five-pointed star or magical symbol, often enclosed in a circle.

Word origin

From Middle French pentacle, from Old French pentacol (“pendant”), from pent (“hangs”), a (“from”), and col (“neck”), thus "hangs from neck". Likely reanalyzed in medieval times as coming from penta- (“five”) and -culum (object forming suffix), as evidenced by the Latinized form pentaculum and the narrowing of the modern sense to a five-pointed design, especially a pentagram.

Used in a sentence

  • ouer this pott and the cyrcle hold the pentacles, and perfume them; and say deuoutly theis psalmes followynge
  • of the same pentacles be certayne exorcizmes and names ineffable and carecters and signes of all the science, therefore, in them the whole science of all this art lyeth hydd
  • if ye constraine any spirit to come before you and when ye haue shewed him ye secret pentacles, there is none dare say against your minde

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