pentagram
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- noun
- /ˈpɛn.təˌɡræm/
- Literature
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pentagrama
- The artist carefully drew a pentagram in the center of the canvas as part of her latest painting.
- draw pentagrams
- carve pentagrams
- a satanic pentagram
And I'm stood in the middle of mate pentagram.
- And I'm stood in the middle of mate pentagram.
- At one point he has a, a pentagram from the inside of his palm that they made with like a black sharpie.
Examples
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Also, all of the dice bones have to land inside the center area of the pentagram for the summoning to work.
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If this is some kind of spell or something... ...don't you need candles and a pentagram for it to work?
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Bodies were laid out in the shape of a pentagram.
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A silver pentagram in a golden circle was painted on the blue floor.
Fiction book (1994) -
When sufficient space was available, she drew, on her hands and knees, a large pentagram on the raw wood flooring.
Fiction book (2000) -
Stay in the pentagram!
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He is yelling at this boy who is busying himself drawing a pentagram on the ground.
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I set my cushion down next to Keith's and stepped a little nervously into the pentagram.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the mystery novel, the main character discovered a pentagram etched into the old stone floor of the abandoned church.
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Many ancient cultures used a pentagram as a symbol to represent the elements of nature.
Synonyms
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A five-pointed star made of straight lines, used as a magic symbol
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A five-pointed star you draw by joining the corners of a five-sided shape with five straight lines
A pattern of a five-pointed star used as a symbol in magic or culture
Compounds
A small necklace with a five-pointed star used by some people to show religious or spiritual belief
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pentagram comes from Greek parts penta- meaning 'five' and -gram meaning 'a drawing' or 'line', the same root you see in diagram. So a pentagram is literally a 'five-line' or 'five-point' drawing, which is why it is a five-pointed star used in art, geometry, and religion.