Menorah

//mɪˈnɔːɹə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.

    "‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away."

  2. 2
    (Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival wordnet
  3. 3
    A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.

    "My father brings home a big brass antique menorah, shaped like an archway, heavy, on a pedestal, on a round base."

  4. 4
    (Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.

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