pentacle

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noun

Plural noun:

pentacles

1.
A flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
2.
(Wicca) A pentagram, especially one that is used for magical or mystical purposes.
3.
(Wicca) A circumscribed pentagram.
4.
A figure formed by two equilateral triangles intersecting regularly so as to form a six-pointed star.

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Đồng nghĩa

pentaculumpentagram pentalphapentagram, pentalpha

Trái nghĩa

inverted pentagram

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pénkʷe 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, as evidenced by the Latinized form pentaculum and the narrowing of the modern sense to a five-pointed design, especially a pentagram.