candelabra

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Larry liked it better when, just after supper, the candles of the candelabra were all lighted, and the family gathered around the shrine and said the Rosary together To Abby belonged the welcome charge of keeping the oratory in order; while Larry always managed to have a few flowers for his vase, even if they were only dandelions or buttercups.

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  • Nice library, though the white marble and the smug lions by the steps cloy, and its marble candelabra are a bit much. —  The Great California Game—Lovejoy—Jonathan Gash
  • All crystal candelabra, the sort of place where you can't see the wood panelling for tapestries and the ceilings are so high, giraffes wouldn't brush against them. —  EQMM,March-April2008
  • A Menorah is not a candelabra, a Christmas tree is well, a Christmas tree. —  MercatorNet
  • The candelabra is a nice touch. deceptiphone: LG promotes Transformers 2 with a special edition of their versa model kozo lamps: just turn the faucet on and light comes out! wait what? microblogging on twitter is so passé: slate v's flutter offers nanoblogging —  technabob
  • Forms of cactus, too, were apparent, and several plants of the great pitahaya rose high above the cliff, like gigantic candelabra--strange objects in such a situation My companions seemed to have no eyes for these rare vegetable beauties; I could hear them at intervals engaged in conversation; but the subject had no reference to the scene, and I paid little attention to what they were saying All at once I was startled by the voice of Garey, giving utterance to the emphatic announcement Injuns, by God Indians!--where The interrogation as it escaped my lips, was half involuntary, and needed no reply. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
 

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  1. From Latin candēlābra, pl. of candēlābrum; see candelabrum.
 

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