candelabra
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candelabra
Noun edit
candelabra (plural candelabras)
- (nonstandard) A single candelabrum.
- 2006, Richard R. Kennedy, Angel Queen: A Medieval Epic Fantasy, Lulu Publishers, →ISBN, page 230:
- […] his head was like a sturdy candelabra holding his eyes transfixed as hers sparked amber crystals for this man.
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kan.deːˈlaː.bra/, [kän̪d̪eːˈɫ̪äːbrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kan.deˈla.bra/, [kän̪d̪eˈläːbrä]
Noun edit
candēlābra
References edit
- candelabra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)