Pentacrostic

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A set of verses arranged so that the name of the subject occurs five times, the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.

    "There were also pentacrostics, where the name was repeated five times."

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"There were also pentacrostics, where the name was repeated five times."

Etymology

From penta- + acrostic.

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