Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An ornate ornamental branched candlestick, often with a mirror at the back.
- noun A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.
- noun (Pyrotechny) A kind of revolving firework.
- noun (Fort.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.
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- noun an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror
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Examples
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At night at Torlonia's to see the girandola, which is as fine as fireworks can be, but nothing will do after the illumination of
The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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(At S. John Lateran's the Cardinals assist at Vespers, and afterwards venerate the relics preserved there) At night the cupola is illuminated, and on the following night there are fireworks or _girandola_ at Castle S. Angelo.
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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Irradiations in gold, scintillations in crimson, splendors in emerald, lucidities in ultramarine -- a dazzling girandola of every tint and of every hue.
All Around the Moon Jules Verne 1866
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The Roman air did not agree with me, and I hastened, therefore, as soon as I had seen the illumination of the dome and the girandola, immediately after the Easter festival, through Terracina to Naples.
The True Story of My Life Andersen, Hans Christian, 1805-1875 1847
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"Our girandola is second only to that of St. Peter," he said, smiling.
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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_girandola_, immediately after the Easter festival, through
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Rapito dal fascino esercitato dall’impianto teatrale, il burattino è preso in una girandola sulla quale non ha alcun controllo.
No Fat Clips!!! : The Fool Looks At The Finger That Points To The Sky 2006
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market to wellness and girandola a gratefulness of ineloquently factitious galen koch chalkboard they unattributable it or not.
Rational Review 2009
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