Candlelit
lit by candles.
Contemporary Examples
Thanksgiving Day Horror: Minnesota Teens Killed in Alleged Break-In Matthew DeLuca November 27, 2012
Inside China’s Mistress-Industrial Complex Junheng Li, Bethany Allen, Ana Swanson February 3, 2014
Historical Examples
Minstrel Weather Marian Storm
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea
When the Owl Cries Paul Bartlett
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea
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- Candlemas
a church festival, February 2, in honor of the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary: candles are blessed on this day. Historical Examples Sir Christopher Maud Wilder Goodwin The Sand-Hills of Jutland Hans Christian Andersen Stories of the Days of King Arthur Charles Henry Hanson Davenport […]
- Candlemass
Historical Examples Folk Lore James Napier Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society – Vol 1 – 1666 Various
- Candlepins
a bowling pin that is almost cylindrical and can be set up on either end, used in a game resembling tenpins. candlepins, (used with a singular verb) the game played with such pins. noun (functioning as sing) a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to […]
- Candler
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light. something resembling a candle in appearance or use. Optics. (formerly) candela. Also called international candle. a unit of luminous intensity, defined as a fraction of the luminous intensity of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps: used […]
- Candling
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light. something resembling a candle in appearance or use. Optics. (formerly) candela. Also called international candle. a unit of luminous intensity, defined as a fraction of the luminous intensity of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps: used […]