Pentagram vs. Pentacle

Pentagramnoun

The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.

Pentagramnoun

A pentacle or a pentalpha.

Pentagramnoun

a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

Pentagram

A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, pentacle or star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star polygon. Pentagrams were used symbolically in ancient Greece and Babylonia, and are used today as a symbol of faith by many Wiccans, akin to the use of the cross by Christians.

Pentaclenoun

A flat talisman, almost always disk-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.

Pentaclenoun

(Wicca) A pentagram, or a disk with a pentagram on it, especially one that is used for magical or mystical purposes.

Pentaclenoun

(Wicca) A circumscribed pentagram.

Pentaclenoun

A figure formed by two equilateral triangles intersecting regularly so as to form a six-pointed star.

Pentaclenoun

A five-pointed star, also called a pentagram or pentalpha. See illustr. under pentalpha. Sometimes referring to a similar figure, such as the figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star. It was used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages. The six-pointed star is more comonly called a hexagram, or called Solomon's seal; it resembles the star of David (Magen David

Pentaclenoun

a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

Pentacle

A pentacle (also spelled and pronounced as pantacle in Thelema, following Aleister Crowley, though that spelling ultimately derived from Éliphas Lévi) is a talisman that is used in magical evocation, and is usually made of parchment, paper, cloth, or metal (although it can be of other materials), upon which a magical design is drawn. Protective symbols may also be included (sometimes on the reverse), a common one being the six-point form of the Seal of Solomon.