menora

Noun

menorah (plural menoroth or menorot or menorahs)

1. A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
   • ‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away.1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked
2. A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.
   • My father brings home a big brass antique menorah, shaped like an archway, heavy, on a pedestal, on a round base.1992, Merrill Joan Gerber, The Kingdom of Brooklyn, Syracuse University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, pages 76–77

   Synonyms:

   hanukkiah