candelabrum
noun
can·de·la·brum
ˌkan-də-ˈlä-brəm 
sometimes -ˈla-
plural candelabra
ˌkan-də-ˈlä-brə
sometimes -ˈla-
also candelabrums
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The Jewish Festival of Lights, observed for eight days and coinciding with Christmas Day this year, includes the lighting of candles on a nine-branched candelabrum called a menorah and eating traditional foods, such as latkes.
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
By creating casts of the negative spaces left behind, archaeologists were able to reconstruct the furniture inside the room: a wooden bed, a stool, a chest, a bronze candelabrum and a table that once held bronze, glass and ceramic objects.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
Galbraith, dancing through the crowd holding a silver candelabrum.
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—Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
George Plimpton, taking the candelabrum on the move, like a one-hand pass, and carrying it on to .. .
—Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
By creating casts of the negative spaces left behind, archaeologists were able to reconstruct the furniture inside the room: a wooden bed, a stool, a chest, a bronze candelabrum and a table that once held bronze, glass and ceramic objects.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
Galbraith, dancing through the crowd holding a silver candelabrum.
. . .
—Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
George Plimpton, taking the candelabrum on the move, like a one-hand pass, and carrying it on to .. .
—Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
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candelabrum
noun
can·de·la·brum
ˌkan-də-ˈläb-rəm
also -ˈlab-
plural candelabra
-rə
also candelabrums
also candelabrums
: a candlestick that has several branches for holding candles
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