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Encyclopedia > Candelabrum

A candlestick or candelabrum is a decorative holder for one or more candles, often shaped as a column or pedestal. Those who use them consider them a part of their home's interior design. A special kind of Jewish candelabrum is the menorah.


In popular culture, candlesticks are featured in the nursery rhyme Jack Be Nimble; as the character 'Lumiere' in Disney's Beauty and the Beast; and in the game Clue. Many of Liberace's piano performances, included a candelabrum on top of the grand piano.


Candlestick was also the colloquial name for the type of telephone most frequently encountered in the United States and many other countries during the 1920s. See Candlestick telephone.

See also chandelier.


Candlestick can also refer to Candlestick Park, a stadium in San Francisco, currently used for American football and formerly for baseball, later known as 3Com Park and known today as Monster Park.




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Jamaica Gleaner - Historical candelabrum back home - Sunday | May 27, 2001 (620 words)
It's the story of a Victorian four-branched silver candelabrum which has become part of the island's collection of historical artefacts, and which was donated recently to the East Queen Street Baptist Church.
The candelabrum presented by the congregation was crafted by Roberts and Slater of Sheffield, England.
What happened to the candelabrum during the ensuing years is still a mystery to researchers at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), which played a prominent role in its recent acquisition.
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