pentagram

pentagram
pentagrammatic /pen"teuh greuh mat"ik/, adj.
/pen"teuh gram'/, n.
a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc. Also called pentacle, pentangle, pentalpha.
[1825-35; < Gk pentágrammon. See PENTA-, -GRAM1]

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