hanukkiah

Noun

hanukkiah (plural hanukkiahs or hanukkiot or hanukkioth)

1. (Judaism) A nine-branched menorah used during Hanukkah.
   • Some might say that the hanukkiah is decorations, but it isn't; the hanukkiah is a ceremonial object, with specific, non-decorative purposes. Perhaps the Stars of David that many string about are appropriate Jewish decoration?2005 December 23, Jonathan Safran Foer, “A Beginner's Guide to Hanukkah”, in The New York Times
   • As a child of Holocaust survivors, there was nothing, no family relics. The celebration was very modest, with a very small hanukkiah, and my mother was a great maker of latkes. I now luckily have many different kinds of hanukkiahs.2010 November 17, Rima Suqi, quoting Daniel Libeskind, “Daniel Libeskind on a New Show of Menorahs”, in The New York Times