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

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

The killing involved a lengthy beating and torture during which the killers etched a pentagram into Slemmer's chest and Pike took a piece of her skull. Death row case:Christa Pike, who would be first Tennessee woman executed in 200 years, moves to reopen appeal When was Christa Pike sentenced? —

Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 21 May 2024 During that time, Venus traces a pentagram pattern in Earth's sky every eight years. —

Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024 In the 1980s bliss of suburban Michigan (portrayed with welcome specificity for a show not set in New York, L.A., or Chicago), a the high school quarterback has disappeared (a girl too, but no one seems worried — but that’s already tempting spoilers), a bloody pentagram left in his wake. —

Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024 The last one was a small pentagram and that was a few weeks ago, but who knows how many more there are still to find. —

Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pentagram