Definition of "candelabrum" [can•de•la•brum]

• A large decorative candlestick having several arms or branches. (noun)

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• "The only change here regards the Paschal candle, which is moved from its little bracket to the column (“in candelabrum suum”)."
• "Quite determined to reread such portions of it as I had long before marked as pertinent to the very attempt I had in mind, I brought in the candelabrum from the parlor and drew out a table to hold it."
• "The other, that he had carried up to her room a large candelabrum from the drawing-room mantel."