pentacle


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pentacle /ˈpɛntək(ə)l/
noun
  • 1 a pentagram, or a symbolic figure inscribed with one.
  • 2 (pentacles) one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to coins in others.
– origin C16: from med. L. pentaculum, appar. based on Gk penta- ‘five’.
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