candlestick

[ kan-dl-stik ]
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noun
  1. a device having a socket or a spike for holding a candle.

Origin of candlestick

1
before 1000; Middle English candelstikke,Old English candelsticca.See candle, stick1

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How to use candlestick in a sentence

  • Upon being asked why so, he remarked, that where he stayed they had a candlestick worth eleven hundred dollars.

  • She came to the table, set the candlestick down and looked over the chess-board.

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
  • The seven-branched candlestick frequently occurs on the walls and tombs.

    The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
  • And they put incense upon the altar, and lighted up the lamps that were upon the candlestick, and they gave light in the temple.

  • On another found in the Jewish Catacomb is a representation of the seven-branched candlestick.

    The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow

British Dictionary definitions for candlestick

candlestick

candleholder (ˈkændəlˌhəʊldə)

/ (ˈkændəlˌstɪk) /


noun
  1. a holder, usually ornamental, with a spike or socket for a candle

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