pen|ta|cle

pen|ta|cle
pen|ta|cle «PEHN tuh kuhl», noun.
1. a five-pointed star-shaped figure used as a magic or mystic symbol; pentagram: »

He was tracing circles and pentacles in the grass and talking the language of the elves (G. K. Chesterton).

2. any one of certain other more or less star-shaped figures similarly used, such as a hexagram formed by overlapping triangles.
╂[< earlier French pentacle or < Medieval Latin pentaculum, apparently < Latin penta- five + -culum, noun suffix]

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  • pen|di|cle — «PEHN duh kuhl», noun. Scottish. 1. a pendant. 2. an adjunct or appendage. 3. a small piece of land, a cottage, or the like, attached to an estate. ╂[diminutive form of Latin pendēre to hang] …   Useful english dictionary

  • ap|pen|di|cle — «uh PEHN duh kuhl», noun. a small appendage. ╂[< Latin appendicula (diminutive) < appendix, icis; see etym. under appendix (Cf. ↑appendix)] …   Useful english dictionary

  • cle — cle·chée; cle·oid; cle·o·me; cle·o·nus; cle·o·pat·ra; cle·ri·ci; cle·ro·den·dron; cle·ro·den·drum; cle·ro·man·cy; cle·ruch; cle·ru·chy; cle·rus; cle·thra; cle·thra·ce·ae; cle·ve s; col·li·cle; con·cep·ta·cle; con·i·cle; cor·a·cle; cor·ni·cle;… …   English syllables

  • pendicle — pen·di·cle …   English syllables

  • pentacle — pen·ta·cle …   English syllables

  • pentacle — pen•ta•cle [[t]ˈpɛn tə kəl[/t]] n. 1) pentagram 2) a similar figure, as a hexagram • Etymology: 1585–95; < It pentacolo five cornered object. See penta , cle I …   From formal English to slang

  • ta — ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·sen·ta·tion; abu·ta; ac·cep·ta·tion; ac·cli·ma·ta·tion; ac·cred·i·ta·tion; ac·er·a·ta; ac·e·ta·tion; ac·e·ta·to ; ach·e·ta; achor·da·ta; acoe·lo·ma·ta; acra·ni·a·ta; ac·ro·tre·ta; ac·ta; ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·ce·ae;… …   English syllables

  • Pendicle — Pen di*cle, n. [Cf. {Appendicle}.] An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pentacle — Pen ta*cle, n. [Gr. ? five.] A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six pointed star, used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Perpendicle — Per*pen di*cle, n. [L. perpendiculum; per + pendere to hang: cf. F. perpendicule.] Something hanging straight down; a plumb line. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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