pentagram

[ pen-tuh-gram ]

noun

1. 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.

pentagram

/ ˈpɛntəˌɡræm /

noun

1. a star-shaped figure formed by extending the sides of a regular pentagon to meet at five points
2. such a figure used as a magical or symbolic figure by the Pythagoreans, black magicians, etc

Other Words From

• pen·ta·gram·mat·ic [pen, -t, uh, -gr, uh, -, mat, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pentagram¹

From the Greek word pentágrammon, dating back to 1825–35. See penta-, -gram ¹

Example Sentences

About ten minutes later, he stood at an altar in front of a nearly five-foot, lit-up pentagram.

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One of those men was Jake Ferguson—a drugged-out ex-criminal with natty dreadlocks and a pentagram tattooed on his forehead.

From The Daily Beast

It was to the Pentagram Circle that I first broached the new conceptions that were developing in my mind.

From Project Gutenberg

Pentagram, pen′ta-gram, n. a five-pointed star: a magic figure so called.

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By producing each side of this latter figure the five-pointed star (fig. 9), known as the pentagram, is obtained.

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For you the circle has not been traced nor the pentagram fixed, for you no law has been thrust down.

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Working together, we had once carved a pentagram in the side of this tree-trunk.

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