Synonyms for hexagram


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hek-suh-gram
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛk səˌgræm

Top 10 synonyms for hexagram Other synonyms for the word hexagram

Définition of hexagram

Origin :
  • 1863 as a type of geometric figure, from hexa- + -gram. I Ching sense attested from 1882.
  • As in Star of David : noun six-pointed star
  • As in six : noun six of something
Example sentences :
  • The inner circle depicts a triple Tau, with a hexagram where the bases join, and beneath is the Ace of Cups.
  • Extract from : « The Illustrated Key to the Tarot » by L. W. de Laurence
  • The hexagram at ten years old would be a hundred times less unlikely.
  • Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
  • The celebrated theorem, "Pascal's hexagram," makes all the rest come very easy.
  • Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
  • That is, by the time Pascal was nineteen, the hexagram was circulating under a name derived from the author.
  • Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
  • Paracelsus ascribes a similar, though a lesser degree of virtue to the hexagram.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy » by Charles John Samuel Thompson

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