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  • noun Plural form of candelabrum.

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Examples

  • Architects who give measurements for ordinary doorways, do not contemplate such emergencies as testimonial candelabrums or irremoveable caps and plumes: and the door of the Glyndewi ballroom had no notion of accommodating a lancer in full dress who could not even be civil enough to take off his hat.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

  • The little cascades in the brook were ornamented with transparent shields, and long candelabrums and spermaceti-colored fools'-caps and plated jellies and white globes, with the black water whirling along transparently underneath.

    Stories of Authors, British and American Edwin Watts Chubb 1912

  • You can use green mini lights, gold mini lights or even strings of beads with mini lights to brighten the ceiling, candelabrums, bookcases, entertainment center, entrances, and tables.

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2009

  • Corals rise up like candelabrums throughout the reef.

    Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories 2009

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