Pĕn’ta-crŏs’tic1, a.
a. [Fr. pentacrostiche, from Gr. πέντε, five, and ἀκρόστιχον, acrostic.] Containing five acrostics of the same name in five divisions of each verse.
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a. [Fr. pentacrostiche, from Gr. πέντε, five, and ἀκρόστιχον, acrostic.] Containing five acrostics of the same name in five divisions of each verse.
n. A set of verses so disposed as to have five acrostics of the same name in five divisions of each verse.