candelabrum

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The candles in the candelabrum were already half burned down when Fran Dubois at last urged going to rest.

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  1. noun A large decorative candlestick having several arms or branches.

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  • It was a wrought-iron candelabrum, seven feet tall and branched to hold eight candles. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_13_The_Cat_Who_Moved_a_Mountain
  • Word had spread around the cove that a stranger with an oversized moustache, who claimed to be a journalist, was hanging around the shops and buying high-ticket items Qwilleran loaded the bowl in the trunk of his car—it was even heavier than it looked—and drove to the Village Smithy to tell Vance that his candelabrum was a great success. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_13_The_Cat_Who_Moved_a_Mountain
  • To this statue Michelangelo put the last touches; and he also carved a kneeling angel with a candelabrum, the workmanship of which surpasses in delicacy of execution all the other figures on the tomb. —  The Life of Michelangelo Buonarotti
  • Some things you many want to rent include a candelabrum, aisle standards or urns. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Beyond the candelabrum is one whose parted hair and coquettish pose of the head give a feminine look to the figure. —  Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation
 

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  1. Latin candēlābrum, candlestick, from candēla, candle; see candle.

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  1. Latin, from candela, a candle: see candle.
 

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/kændɛˈleɪbrəm/
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