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candelabra

[kan-dl-ah-bruh, -dl-ey-] / ˌkæn dlˈɑ brə, -dlˈeɪ- /
NOUN
candlestick
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Additionally, the candelabra will appear a third time, materializing in a cemetery crypt in the ride’s final act.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2025

The president had invited France's Chief Rabbi Haïm Korsia to light the first of eight candles on a Hanukkiah, or candelabra, marking the start of the Jewish festival of lights.

From BBC Dec. 8, 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

Her taste at the Reserve is expressed in the Rhododendron Glen, the Ravine, the candelabra primulas, ginger, cyclamen, oxalis and other wildflowers on the property.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2023

Valley pushed a cauldron from the other side of the room toward the small patch of light made by the overhead candelabra, and Seven poured the remaining roba recuerdos potion inside the cauldron.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

The photographs were almost absurdly theatrical: silver serving pieces and candelabras, the gilt-and-cream grandeur of the White House, and, arrayed beneath it all, mountains of branded fast-food packaging.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2025

And off the crowd went — slowly — to the Temple of Dendur, where the fairytale motif continued with tables featuring “enchanted candelabras entwined with flower arrangements.”

From Seattle Times May 7, 2024

They are replete with chafing dishes and towering candelabras, billowing chiffon sleeves and conversational pointers.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2023

Inside, the dining room has been cleared but the dripping candles still burn in the candelabras.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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