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Definition of Candlestick

1. Noun. A holder with sockets for candles.

Definition of Candlestick

1. n. An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.

Definition of Candlestick

1. Noun. a holder with a socket or spike for a candle ¹

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Definition of Candlestick

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Candlestick

Literary usage of Candlestick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1888)
"The candlestick was placed on the south ski* f candlestick 35S the first apartment of the tabernacle, opposite tkc table of ghew-bread, ..."

2. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Me candlestick and his vessels, 34. And in the candlestick (shall be) four ... 18. three branches of the candlestick 39:37. The pure candlestick, (with) the ..."

3. Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church: According to Roman Etiquette by John Abel Nainfa (1909)
"It is held near the book by one of the attendants of the Prelate whenever the latter reads or sings something from the book. Hand-candlestick. ..."

4. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistle to the Hebrews by Albert Barnes (1857)
"Bush of the candlestick itself; with the views which he has expressed of its ... The candlestick was undoubtedly designed to furnish light in the dark room ..."

5. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1893)
"Far earlier than the Jews had devised their golden candlestick of the Temple with three sockets on one side and four on the other, and made of number seven ..."

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