can·dle·stick /-ˌstɪk/
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 Can·dle·stick n.  An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
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 candlestick
      n : a holder with sockets for candles [syn: candle holder]
 Candlestick
    the lamp-stand, "candelabrum," which Moses was commanded to make
    for the tabernacle, according to the pattern shown him. Its form
    is described in Ex. 25:31-40; 37:17-24, and may be seen
    represented on the Arch of Titus at Rome. It was among the
    spoils taken by the Romans from the temple of Jerusalem (A.D.
    70). It was made of fine gold, and with the utensils belonging
    to it was a talent in weight.
      The tabernacle was a tent without windows, and thus artificial
    light was needed. This was supplied by the candlestick, which,
    however, served also as a symbol of the church or people of God,
    who are "the light of the world." The light which "symbolizes
    the knowledge of God is not the sun or any natural light, but an
    artificial light supplied with a specially prepared oil; for the
    knowledge of God is in truth not natural nor common to all men,
    but furnished over and above nature."
      This candlestick was placed on the south side of the Holy
    Place, opposite the table of shewbread (Ex. 27:21; 30:7, 8; Lev.
    24:3; 1 Sam. 3:3). It was lighted every evening, and was
    extinguished in the morning. In the morning the priests trimmed
    the seven lamps, borne by the seven branches, with golden
    snuffers, carrying away the ashes in golden dishes (Ex. 25:38),
    and supplying the lamps at the same time with fresh oil. What
    ultimately became of the candlestick is unknown.
      In Solomon's temple there were ten separate candlesticks of
    pure gold, five on the right and five on the left of the Holy
    Place (1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chr. 4:7). Their structure is not
    mentioned. They were carried away to Babylon (Jer. 52:19).
      In the temple erected after the Exile there was again but one
    candlestick, and like the first, with seven branches. It was
    this which was afterwards carried away by Titus to Rome, where
    it was deposited in the Temple of Peace. When Genseric plundered
    Rome, he is said to have carried it to Carthage (A.D. 455). It
    was recaptured by Belisarius (A.D. 533), and carried to
    Constantinople and thence to Jerusalem, where it finally
    disappeared.