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Definition of Candelabra
1. Noun. Branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights.
Generic synonyms: Candle Holder, Candlestick
Specialized synonyms: Menorah, Menorah
Definition of Candelabra
1. Noun. (plural of candelabrum) ¹
2. Noun. (nonstandard) A single candelabrum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Candelabra
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Candelabra
Literary usage of Candelabra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith, . (1992)
"26) A pair of English bronze candelabra which were made ca. ... Bronze candelabra
spear colorless prism drops: the center cluster is plain and the side ..."
2. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"26) ' A pair of English bronze candelabra which were made ca. ... 26 Bronze
candelabra spear colorless prism drops: the center cluster is plain and the side ..."
3. Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient Life: the Employments by Levi W. Yaggy, Thomas Louis Haines (1883)
"... at least such a theory of their origin is agreeable to what we are told of
the rustic man- candelabra, OR LAMP STANDS. ners of the early Romans, ..."
4. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"ECCLESIASTICAL candelabra. Catalan. In the Museum at Vich. XIII Century. Height 5
ft. 6 in. FIG. 86. ECCLESIASTICAL candelabra. ..."
5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1859)
"... polished granite candelabra wbich stand at the four corners of the ... each of
these candelabra, rise four small jets of gas, which shed a din ions ..."
6. History of Art in Phœnicia and Its Dependencies by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1885)
"Some candelabra of the same kind have been recognized on the votive steles of
... candelabra figured on a stele. French National Library. Carthage (Figs. ..."
7. A Popular Handbook to the Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum by Edward Tyas Cook (1903)
"Modern excavations have confirmed the evidence of antiquity, so far as Etruscan
candelabra and similar objects are cerned. Large numbers of them, covering, ..."
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