pantacle

Meaning

Noun

  • A rare alternate 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.

Origin

  • This spelling was borrowed into english in 1896 by A. E. Waite, from Eliphas Levi's use of the spelling in his french publications.

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