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発音

• ハイフネーション: pen‧ta‧cle
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpɛnt.ə.kl̩/

名詞

pentacle (plural pentacles)

1. A flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
   • mid- to late-16th century, British Library Additional manuscript 36674‎, London:

     ouer this pott and the cyrcle hold the pentacles, and perfume them; and say deuoutly theis psalmes followynge

   • 1572, The Clavicle of Solomon, revealed by Ptolomy the Grecian [British Library Sloane MS 3847]‎, London:

     of the same pentacles be certayne exorcizmes and names ineffable and carecters and signes of all the science, therefore, in them the whole science of all this art lyeth hydd

   • 1572, The Clavicle of Solomon, revealed by Ptolomy the Grecian [British Library Sloane MS 3847]‎, London:

     if ye constraine any spirit to come before you and when ye haue shewed him ye secret pentacles, there is none dare say against your minde

2. (Wicca) A pentagram, or a disk with a pentagram on it, especially one that is used for magical or mystical purposes.
   • 1949, Gerald Gardner, chapter 10, in High Magic's Aid, page 92:

     he drew a pentacle or five-pointed star.

   • 1954, Gerald Gardner, chapter 12, in Witchcraft Today:

     a five-pointed star (pentacle).

   • 1959, Gerald Gardner, chapter 8, in The Meaning of Witchcraft, page 122:

     the figure of the pentacle, or pentagram.

3. (Wicca) A circumscribed pentagram.
   • 2002, Kevin Saunders, Wiccan Spirituality: A Magical Attitude for the 21st Century, London: Green Magic, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57:

     The pentacle—a pentagram enclosed within a surrounding circle—as found as the centre-piece on a witch's altar is often worn as a silver pendant by witches and other neo-pagans alike repesenting their beliefs in the interconnectedness and interdependence of the powers of nature and spirit.

   • 2006, Denise Zimmermann with Gleason, Katherine and Liguana, Maria, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft, Indianapolis: Alpha, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, LCC BF1566.Z55 2006, page 146:

     A pentacle is a pentagram with a circle drawn around it.

   • 2007 March 1, Ruth Barr, chapter 5, in Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation, 2nd edition, Woodbury: Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, LCC BL625.7.B39 2007, page 93:

     The pentagram becomes a pentacle when it is enclosed within a circle and inscribed on a disc or stone.

4. A figure formed by two equilateral triangles intersecting regularly so as to form a six-pointed star. (Can we verify this sense?)

同意語

• pentaculum
• pentagram, pentalpha

反意語

• inverted pentagram

Meronyms

• pentagram, pentalpha

参考

• pentacle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia