chan·de·lier 
(shăn′də-lîr)
(shăn′də-lîr)n.
A branched, decorative lighting fixture that holds a number of bulbs or candles and is suspended from a ceiling.
[Middle English chandeler, from Old French chandelier, from Vulgar Latin *candēlārium, alteration of Latin candēlābrum, candelabrum; see CANDELABRUM.]