-brəm noun
( plural candela·bra -brə ; also candelabrums -brəmz)
Etymology: Latin, from candela candle — more at candle
1.
a. : a large candlestick or a lamp usually ornamented and having several arms or branches
taking a candelabrum with no less than six tapers in it — Hervey Allen
oil for the eight-branched candelabrum — Maurice Samuel
on the left … we found two fine candelabra — Arthur Milton
— compare chandelier
b. : a usually ornate and often heavy and large standard supporting a candlestick or lamp
2.
a. : a small decorated modified column or columnlike rib of molded profile
b. : a design of which such a candelabrum forms the center