n.
A branched, decorative lighting fixture that holds a number of bulbs or candles and is suspended from a ceiling.
[Middle English chandeler, from Old French chandelier, from Vulgar Latin *candēlārium, alteration of Latin candēlābrum, candelabrum. See candelabrum.]
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