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Definition of Chandelier
1. Noun. Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling.
Definition of Chandelier
1. n. A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.
Definition of Chandelier
1. Noun. A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling ¹
2. Noun. (context: auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a wall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chandelier
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chandelier
Literary usage of Chandelier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"It was objected that the ball room was not within the term building in the
preceding section, and that the chandelier was not a thing " used in or with" ..."
2. The Open Fireplace in All Ages by John Pickering Putnam (1880)
"150 and 152 give the parlor chandelier, where each bull is separate from the rest.
... The flues are of the same size as in the dining-room chandelier. ..."
3. The Local Courts' and Municipal GazetteLaw reports, digests, etc (1868)
"... chandelier in a public-house, knowing that the plaintiff and others were likely
to be therein and under the chandelier, and that the chandelier, ..."
4. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"chandelier, called chandelier of the Virgin ; the branches are of bronze, and
the figure is of carved wood. (Church in Kempen, Rhenish Prussia). ..."
5. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"... 'chandelier,' (1848), a song which is certainly one of the best of his melodies.
Henceforward he made use of every expedient to place himself before the ..."
6. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"... to be at the point of death Lamiera, 4Л light, torch, lustre, chandelier f.
... SM. chandelier, lustre, ..."
7. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"A brazen chandelier in the room, the part above the candles perfectly blackened
with smoke. ... chandelier ..."
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