pentagram

noun

pen·​ta·​gram ˈpen-tə-ˌgram 

: a figure of a 5-pointed star usually made with alternate points connected by a continuous line and used as a magic or occult symbol

also : a similar 6-pointed star (such as a Solomon's seal)

Examples of pentagram in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a cradle in the middle of the pentagram painted on the floor, Timothy giggles. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 July 2024

Satanic symbols, most notably the pentagram, were often found at the crime scenes of his murders. —Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 4 July 2024

The victim was just outside Columbus Park on Mulberry St. near Bayard St. about 9 a.m. on Nov. 7 when a stranger with a pentagram tattoo on his left hand stormed up to him. —Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2024

The teen assailants carved a pentagram into her chest before Pike smashed her skull with a chunk of asphalt. —Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Greek pentagrammon, from penta- + -grammon (akin to gramma letter) — more at gram

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above