candelabrum

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/[1]
• IPA^(key): /kændɪˈleɪbɹəm/[1]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈɑ.bɹəm/, /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈæ.bɹəm/
• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la‧brum

candelabrum (plural candelabra or (very rare) candelabrums)

1. A candle holder.

• candēlāber
• candēlābrus

From candēla (“candle”) +‎ -brum.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kan.deːˈlaː.brum/, [kän̪d̪eːˈɫ̪äːbrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kan.deˈla.brum/, [kän̪d̪eˈläːbrum]

candēlābrum n (genitive candēlābrī); second declension

1. A branched candlestick; chandelier, candelabrum, lampstand.

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• candēlābrārius

• “candelabrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “candelabrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• candelabrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “candelabrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “candelabrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin