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Definition of Pentangle
1. Noun. A star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon.
Definition of Pentangle
1. n. A pentagon.
Definition of Pentangle
1. Noun. (occult) A five-pointed star (drawn with five straight lines). ¹
2. Noun. A pentagram (five-pointed star inscribed in a circle). ¹
3. Noun. (rare) A pentagon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pentangle
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentangle
Literary usage of Pentangle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Solution of the Pyramid Problem: Or, Pyramid Discoveries. With a New by Robert Ballard (1882)
"THE pentangle OR FIVE POINTED STAR THE GEOMETRIC SYMBOL OF THE GREAT PYRAMID.
From time immemorial this symbol has been a blazing pointer to grand and noble ..."
2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold by Jessie Laidlay Weston, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Eric Valentine Gordon (1905)
"And why that noble prince bare the pentangle I am minded to tell you, ...
Therefore he bare the pentangle on shield and sur- coat as truest of heroes and ..."
3. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"After the to the pentangle : —" Yon have used and his friends, in " The Antiquary,"
nor geomantic figure." The Antiqua- . ..."
4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"Upon a larger silver heart, also from Lisbon, there are a cross, an anchor, and
a pentangle (Fig. 24); and upon a similar one from Madeira are a pentangle ..."
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