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2. Ceremonial use of lights - Wikipedia

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   In the ordinary temples were candelabra, e.g. that in the temple of Apollo Palatinus at Rome, originally taken by Alexander from Thebes, which was in the form of a tree from the branches of which lights hung like fruit. The lamps in the pagan temples were not symbolical, but votive offerings to the gods.

3. Candelabra - Wikipedia

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   A candelabrum (plural candelabra but also used as the singular form) is a candle holder with multiple arms. [1] [2] [3] "Candelabra" can be used to describe a variety of candle holders including chandeliers. However, candelabra can also be distinguished as branched candle holders that are placed on a surface such as the floor, stand, or tabletop.

4. Ljuskrona - Wikipedia

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   Carl Larsson: "Christmas Morning" (1894) Ljusstaken on table on right rear of this painting. The term ljuskrona was used in the US to describe both ljuskrona (lit. "light crowns", chandeliers) and ljusstaken (lit. “light stakes”, candelabras) even though, technically, one is a ceiling-mounted light fixture and the other a standing light ...

5. Altar candle - Wikipedia

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   The Lutheran use is to have two single beeswax candles, set near the extremities of the altar, either on the gradine or as close as possible to the back of the mensa, if there be no gradine. Six candles is a Counter-Reformatory Roman use. Candelabra as substitutes for the two single candles are a Protestant sentimentality.

6. Temple menorah - Wikipedia

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   The use of the temple menorah as an artistic decoration during the Second Temple period and up to the Bar Kokhba revolt is quite rare. Examples were uncovered in burial caves near Mukhmas (ancient Michmas ), [ 60 ] in the Herodian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem , and in Magdala (on the Magdala Stone ).

7. Black and White Ball - Wikipedia

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   Capote enlisted Evie Backer, who had decorated his apartment at United Nations Plaza, for the event's decor. [6] Initially Capote planned to cover the ballroom's white and gold walls with heavy red drapes but Backer and Capote's friend Babe Paley convinced him to abandon this idea. [7] Instead he brought in the color with red tablecloths.