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Candelabrum

//kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.

    "The chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, / Glowed on the marble, where the glass […] Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra / Reflecting light upon the table as / The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it, […]"

  2. 2
    branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights wordnet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla. Doublet of chandelier. Displaced native Old English candeltrēow (literally “candle tree”).

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