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单词 pentacle
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Brit. /ˈpɛntəkl/, U.S. /ˈpɛn(t)ək(ə)l/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pentacle; Latin pentaculum.
Etymology: < Middle French pentacle talisman, most often in the form of a five-pointed star (a1555; French pentacle (now hist.)) and its etymon post-classical Latin pentaculum (1531 in the passage translated in quot. 1569 at main sense) < penta- penta- comb. form + -culum -culum suffix. Compare Italian pentacolo , pentaculo five-pointed star (1483). Compare pentangle n.
A pentagram, esp. one enclosed in a circle; a talisman or magical symbol in the shape of or inscribed with a pentagram. Also, in extended use: any similar magical symbol (frequently applied to a hexagram formed by two intersecting or interlaced equilateral triangles). pentacle of Solomon n. = pentangle of Solomon n. at pentangle n. 1.
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1561 F. Coxe Short Treat. Wickednesse Magicall Sci. sig. Biv I mynde not here to speake of the tromperye which they haue in this their worke as halowed chalke, water and palme, circle, pentacles and plates used for defence, [etc.].
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xlvii. f. 60v Theomantia, whiche searheth out ye misteries of the diuine maiestie, the deriuations, the holy names, the pentacles.
1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. B3v Take Periapts, Pentacles, and potent Charmes To coniure downe fowle feinds.
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. ii. 8 in Wks. II They haue..Their rauens wings, their lights, and pentacles.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. xviii. §3 Their Pentacles which they hang about their necks when they conjure (which they forsooth..call the Pentacles of Solomon) are adorned and fortified with such transcriptions out of holy Scripture.
1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. xx. 153 His shoes were marked with cross and spell; Upon his breast a pentacle.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. x. 86 You observe two triangles interlaced and inserted in a circle? The pentacle, in short.
1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. ii. 57 Or rather it is the one triangle superimposed so as to intersect the other, making a sacred pentacle of which..the fiends are afraid.
2003 Sunday Tel. 4 May 10 On the ceiling is a vast star pentacle, symbol of the Knights Templar.

Derivatives

pentacular adj. Obsolete
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pentacular, Formed into, or like a pentacle; having the figure or character of a pentacle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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