Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A candelabrum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a branched, ornamental candlestick having several sockets for candles.
- noun a branched, ornamental electric light fixture, resembling an candelabra[wn1], having several sockets for lights.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
candelabrum . - noun nonstandard A single
candelabrum .
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- noun branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Before them they lighted brilliant flambeaux of wax in candelabra of gold, but their faces outshone the flambeaux, for that they had eyes sharper than unsheathed swords and the lashes of their eyelids bewitched all hearts.
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Arrived at the gate, before which hung a black curtain, the old woman knocked and it was opened to us; when we entered and found a vestibule spread with carpets and hung around with lamps all alight and wax candles in candelabra adorned with pendants of precious gems and noble ores.
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Beside the base of the candelabra was a malachite and silver hairband, lying there as if dropped or tossed carelessly.
The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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While at Bologna he executed an angel holding a candelabra, which is one of the most lovely and pleasing things he ever made (Fig. 104).
A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Clara Erskine Clement Waters 1875
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Shells, rosettes and "candelabra" columns frame the openings, which are dramatically crowned by a broad scalloped canopy spanning the choir window.
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Shells, rosettes and "candelabra" columns frame the openings, which are dramatically crowned by a broad scalloped canopy spanning the choir window.
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Shells, rosettes and "candelabra" columns frame the openings, which are dramatically crowned by a broad scalloped canopy spanning the choir window.
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I look at the word "candelabra" and recall as a young man with a friend who was a brassiere designer for Sears joking with him one night over bourbon and Locker Room anybody remember butyl nitrate?
Phenomena The Daily Growler 2006
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"They are called candelabra, and are really ornamental candlesticks.
Princess Polly's Gay Winter Amy Brooks
sionnach commented on the word candelabra
unit of tasteless interior decoration.
February 23, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word candelabra
Originally the plural of candelabrum; now usually taken as the singular.
July 9, 2008
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word candelabra
Like a mini chandelier.
July 26, 2009