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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

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

He lit the large Hanukkah candelabrum, dubbed the "National Menorah," erected in the park with private funds and delivered brief remarks.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2020

The leaves flared and faded quickly, leaving nothing but a thousand embers, making the tree look like an immense extinguished candelabrum.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

"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

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

He pointed to a candelabra on the windowsill behind a large wingback chair.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

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 John Hendricks Bechtel

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 Edwin Watts Chubb




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