Pentelic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pentelic \Pen*tel"ic\, Pentelican \Pen*tel"i*can\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for
     its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount
     Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is
     built.
     [1913 Webster]