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candelabrum

[kan-dl-ah-bruhm, -ab-ruhm] / ˌkæn dlˈɑ brəm, -ˈæb rəm /
NOUN
candlestick
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The candelabrum, known as a hanukkiah, has been in Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, for the past three years.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2024

A monumental bronze candelabrum, weighing more than half a ton and meant for the tomb of the lavish cardinal Thomas Wolsey, was cast in London by an immigrant artist from Florence, Benedetto da Rovezzano.

From New York Times Oct. 9, 2022

During Hanukkah, the “Festival of Lights,” Jews light the Menorah, a candelabrum of nine candles, and during the four weeks of Advent Christians light a Yule Log.

From Seattle Times Dec. 30, 2021

Many Hanukkah observers display their menorahs in areas where the holy candelabrum can be viewed by inhabitants and guests.

From Fox News Nov. 28, 2021

A candelabrum was lit at the writing desk by the window where her stepmother sat.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

She was also updated via a projector, as she now floats before guests while holding a physical three-pronged candelabra.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

"I hope the light of this candelabra will shine across this square long beyond the eight days of the Hanukkah celebration," Mr Scholz said.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2023

On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah - a multibranched candelabra.

From Washington Times Dec. 4, 2023

During the blackout of 1965, he walked from his apartment to a nearby steakhouse carrying a candelabra he had pinched from the Plaza Hotel, tapers ablaze, and ordered a steak, medium-rare.

From Seattle Times Jul. 2, 2023

They went Into the dining room and from the lantern Cilia lit the candles in the two candelabra on the table, twenty candles in all, and the room filled with light.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

The last two also take the English plurals, memorandums, candelabrums.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks

The little cascades in the brook were ornamented with transparent shields, and long candelabrums and spermaceti-colored fools'-caps and plated jellies and white globes, with the black water whirling along transparently underneath.

From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts




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