ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English candel-liht, from Old English candel-lēoht, from candel candle + lēoht light
1.
a. : the light of a candle or candles
sat by candlelight in his study meditating on the eight years that had passed — C.G.Bowers
b. : any soft artificial light
2. also candlelighting : the time for lighting up : twilight , dusk
meet in the courthouse Saturday evening at early candlelight — Carl Sandburg