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An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.

o represent or symbolize; to answer to. The field is the world. Matt. xiii. 38. The seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. Rev. i. 20.

ure. Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick Mark iv. 21.

A large candlestick, having several branches.

Candlestick. [Obs.] Shak.

A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

An ornamental branched candlestick.

A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse. Jesse window (Arch.), a window of which the glazing and tracery represent the tree of Jesse.

A lamp or candlestick. [R.] By him who 'mid the golden lampads went. Trench.

ind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass. He had a cross of latoun full of stones. Chaucer.

A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character. Pope.

A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.

or a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick. Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. Evelyn. Golden sconces hang not on the walls. Dryden.

The part of a candlestick which supports its branches. Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold . . . his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. Ex. xxv. 31.

Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. Dryden. Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. -- Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under Framing. -- Socket pi…