pentagram

noun pen·ta·gram \ ˈpen-tə-ˌgram \

Updated on: 27 Feb 2018

Definition of pentagram

: 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)

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Recent Examples of pentagram from the Web

Sometime between 2 and 8:30 a.m., someone vandalized the garage door by spray painting in gold a pentagram and 666 Satan Loves You. 1000 block of Lexington Estates Boulevard, Nov. 22, 11:45 a.m. Someone removed tiles from the pool deck.

— Sun-Sentinel.com, "West Boca Raton Crime Log: Nov. 22 - Dec. 3," 23 Jan. 2018
The memorial consists of a black steel cube with an empty soldier’s helmet on top and golden pentagram symbols along the sides.

— erin blakemore, Smithsonian, "Minnesota Town Gets Veterans Memorial Covered With Satanic Imagery," 9 May 2017
The billboard includes a pentagram that frames a goat’s head, according to the release, and lists a website that details the Satanic Temple’s campaign against corporal punishment.

— sarah larimer, Washington Post, "The Satanic Temple is speaking out against corporal punishment in schools," 27 Oct. 2017
The cross will return to the park, but so will a memorial donated by the Satanic Temple, a political organization that promotes freedom of religious expression using satanic symbolism like the pentagram and a strong sense of satire.

— erin blakemore, Smithsonian, "Minnesota Town Gets Veterans Memorial Covered With Satanic Imagery," 9 May 2017
But even the appearance of the pentagram set Twitter ablaze with suggestions of Satanic worship.

— elisabeth sherman, PEOPLE.com, "Outback Steakhouse Denies Illuminati Ties," 31 July 2017
The city on Tuesday night may ban all unattended displays, including religious symbols such as pentagrams and nativity scenes.

— aric chokey, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Pentagram controversy leads Boca to consider banning all displays at park," 25 July 2017
Last year, a Boca Raton Middle School teacher installed a Satanic pentagram in a public park in Boca Raton, spurring some parents to seek the instructor’s removal.

— lois k. solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Satanic request prompts Palm Beach County schools to restrict banners on fences," 7 June 2017
All of the prints were designed by O'Shea's friend and collaborator Benny Robinson—who also redesigned the Brioni logo for O'Shea—and featured zombie hula dancers, pot leaves, and pentagrams.

— noah johnson, GQ, "Justin O’Shea Debuts SSS World Corp With a Guerrilla Fashion Show in the Streets of Paris," 24 June 2017

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