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noun
A (usually illuminated) star, made of a geometric solid such as a rhombicuboctahedron to which a large number of pyramidal points are attached, a popular Advent or Christmas decoration in Germany and other places having Moravian congregations.
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History
Named after the Moravian church, which first commercially produced them at Herrnhut.
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