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Meaning of PENTACROSTIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pen`ta*cros"tic\, n. [Penta- + acrostic.]
A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject
of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses
being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.
 
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