2. Noun. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, bearing the symbol of disks marked with pentagrams; also called disks or coins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pentacles
1. pentacle [n] - See also: pentacle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentacles
Literary usage of Pentacles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism, Now by Lauron William De Laurence (1915)
"OF MAGIC pentacles AND THEIR COMPOSITION. I now proceed to speak of the holy and
sacred ... For these pentacles are certain holy signs and characters, ..."
2. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year (1893)
"The main angle of these two pentacles is 55 degrees. ... The lines drawn diagonally
through the centres of the chancel pentacles, and all parallel with the ..."
3. Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme by John Aubrey (1881)
"This marke is one of the pentacles mentioned in Clavicula Solomonis (a MSS. which I
... Mdm. pentacles are clearly Jewish, as appears by the Hebrew letters ..."
4. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1893)
"figures are laid down, that regular quadrilateral divisions of seven and five
feet are evolved from these pentacles (which are marked on the Plan in darker ..."
5. The Sacred Book of Death: Hindu Spiritism, Soul Transition and Soul by Lauron William De Laurence (1905)
""pentacles AND SYMBOLS" pentacles and Symbols are valuable as an equilibrated
and fitting basis for the reception of Magical force; but unless the Operator ..."
6. Gothic Horror 2: The Ghost Pirates and Carnacki the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson (2001)
"The monster was hurled off from the neighbourhood of the pentacles; though—owing to
... I moved right to the centre of the pentacles again, and knelt there, ..."
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