Noun

(en noun)

A seal, signature or signet.

A sign, image or symbol considered to be magical.

(programming) A nonalphanumeric character affixed to a symbol (e.g. variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.

Noun

(en noun)

A pentagram, especially a physical one used for magical or mystical purposes.

(Neopaganism, Wicca) A pentagram enclosed within a circle, especially a physical one.

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, year = 2002 , title = Wiccan Spirituality: A Magical Attitude for the 21st Century , first = Kevin , last = Saunders , publisher = Green Magic , location = London , isbn = 978-0953663163 , oclc = 50278415 , page = 57 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=g9qhbZdYtOMC&pg=PA57 , passage = 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. }}

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, year = 2006 , title = The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft , first = Denise , last = Zimmermann , coauthors = Gleason, Katherine; Liguana, Maria , publisher = Alpha , location = Indianapolis , isbn = 978-1592575336 , lccn = 2006922333 , oclc = 70685005 , id = , page = 146 , pageurl = http://http://books.google.com/books?id=-9o-VjdbZLIC&pg=PA146 , passage = A pentacle is a pentagram with a circle drawn around it. }}

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, date = 2007-03-01 , title = Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation , first = Ruth , last = Barr , chapter = 5 , edition = 2nd , publisher = Llewellyn Publications , location = Woodbury , isbn = 978-0738709246 , lccn = 2006048814 , oclc = 74649160 , id = , page = 93 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=et09UA-9FZQC&pg=PA64-IA34 , passage = The pentagram becomes a pentacle when it is enclosed within a circle and inscribed on a disc or stone. }}

A talisman of parchment, sheet metal or other substance marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.

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, year = mid- to late-16th century , title = British Library Additional manuscript 36674 , location = London , url = http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/ad36674.htm

chap4

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

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, year = 1572 , title = The Clavicle of Solomon, revealed by Ptolomy the Grecian [British Library Sloane MS 3847] , location = London , url = http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/sl3847.htm

chap3

, passage = 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 }}

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, year = 1572 , title = The Clavicle of Solomon, revealed by Ptolomy the Grecian [British Library Sloane MS 3847] , location = London , url = http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/sl3847.htm

chap3

, passage = 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 }}