pantacle

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This spelling was borrowed into English in 1896 by A. E. Waite, after mid-1800s occult author Eliphas Levi's use of the spelling in French.

Noun[edit]

pantacle (plural pantacles)

  1. (rare) 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.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested 1740; popularized by 19th century occultist Eliphas Levi.

Noun[edit]

pantacle m (plural pantacles)

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of pentacle