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pantacle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pan-ta-cle
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of pentacle, used by A. E. Waite and probably also some other members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and then by Aleister Crowley.

Etymology

This spelling borrowed in 1896 by the occult author A. E. Waite from French pantacle (as used by the 19th century French occult author Eliphas Levi).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pantacles (plural)

Questions

What does pantacle mean?
Alternative spelling of pentacle, used by A. E. Waite and probably also some other members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and then by Aleister Crowley.
Where does pantacle come from?
It is traced to French.

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