Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A five-pointed star; a pentacle. See
pentacle , and cut underpentagram .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases; -- used as a symbol.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pentagram , so called for its resemblance to five alphas superimposed at different rotations.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek πένταλφα, from πέντε (pente) and ἄλφα (alpha), five alphas.
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Examples
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Pythagoras called the pentagram the pentalpha, which is why there are so many Pentalpha lodges in modern Freemasonry.
Veterans Today Gordon Duff 2010
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This star is sometimes called the "pentalpha," as the crossing of its lines suggests five A's.
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The pentagram (pentacle or pentalpha) is considered by some western occultists to trace its esoteric significance to an astronomical observance of the pattern of Venus 'conjunctions with the Sun.
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May 5, 2019