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Pentacrostic

Pĕn’ta-crŏs’tic, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. pentacrostiche, from Gr. πέντε, five, and ἀκρόστιχον, acrostic.] Containing five acrostics of the same name in five divisions of each verse.

Pēnʹta-crōsʹtic, n.

noun

n. A set of verses so disposed as to have five acrostics of the same name in five divisions of each verse.