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pentagram

pentagram

20 7.3
A five-pointed star made by drawing five straight lines that meet
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛn.təˌɡræm/
  • Literature
translation icon : 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.

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Examples

  • Also, all of the dice bones have to land inside the center area of the pentagram for the summoning to work.

  • If this is some kind of spell or something... ...don't you need candles and a pentagram for it to work?

  • Bodies were laid out in the shape of a pentagram.

  • 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!

  • He is yelling at this boy who is busying himself drawing a pentagram on the ground.

  • 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.

  • Many ancient cultures used a pentagram as a symbol to represent the elements of nature.

Synonyms

pentacle
vspentagram
  • Literature
3 9.9

A five-pointed star made of straight lines, used as a magic symbol

is used more broadly in art geometry and religion rather than only occult
pentangle
vspentagram
1 9.5

A five-pointed star you draw by joining the corners of a five-sided shape with five straight lines

is the preferred modern label used across art geometry and religion
pentagram design
vspentagram
7.6

A pattern of a five-pointed star used as a symbol in magic or culture

is the precise geometric figure drawn with five straight connecting lines

Compounds

A pattern of a five-pointed star used as a symbol in magic or culture

A small necklace with a five-pointed star used by some people to show religious or spiritual belief

Surface Forms

pentagram singular
pentagrams plural

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.