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Candelabrum   Listen
noun
Candelabrum  n.  (pl. L. candelabra, E. candelabrums)  
1.
(Antiq.)
(a)
A lamp stand of any sort.
(b)
A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, frequently a votive offering to a temple.
2.
A large candlestick, having several branches; also called candelabra.





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"Candelabrum" Quotes from Famous Books



... others, the head of a mace;[1268] but there is nothing really to prove its use. We might imagine it the adornment of a throne or chair of state, or the end of a chariot pole, or a portion of the stem of a candelabrum. Antiquity has furnished nothing similar with which to compare it; and we only say of it, that, whatever was its purpose, so large and so beautiful a mass of agate has scarcely been met with elsewhere.[1269] ...
— History of Phoenicia • George Rawlinson


Words linked to "Candelabrum" :   candle holder, candelabra, menorah, candlestick


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