candelabra

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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

On Tuesday, priests and monks haphazardly loaded cars and trucks with religious and household items including candelabras, televisions and pictures.

From New York Times

That is how you think of your family candelabra.

From Washington Post

Today, Jews light the menorah, a candelabra with eight candles — and one "helper" candle, called a shamas — to remember the Hanukkah oil, which kept the Jerusalem temple's everlasting lamp burning brightly.

From Salon

Down the center, he placed stoneware candelabras he bought in Amsterdam and low vases filled with ranunculus, freesia and juniper.

From Seattle Times