corpse-candlen.

Etymology: < corpse n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcorpse-ˌcandle.

†1. ‘A thick candle used formerly at lake-wakes’ (Halliwell). Obsolete.

2. A lambent flame seen in a churchyard or over a grave, and superstitiously believed to appear as an omen of death, or to indicate the route of a coming funeral.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > light appearing over corpse > light as omen of death

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1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 201 What will..[a] meer Somatist say to the Corps-Candles, or Dead Mens Lights, in Wales?

1696 J. Aubrey Miscellanies 231 Those fiery apparitions (Corps Candles) which do as it were mark out the way for corpses to their κοιμητηριον and sometimes before the parties themselves fall sick.

1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1019 The exhalations in church-yards, called corpse-candles, denoted coming funerals.

1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iii. i. 87 Corpse-candles gliding over nameless graves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	corpse-candle
释义	corpse-candlen. Etymology: < corpse n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcorpse-ˌcandle. †1. ‘A thick candle used formerly at lake-wakes’ (Halliwell). Obsolete. 2. A lambent flame seen in a churchyard or over a grave, and superstitiously believed to appear as an omen of death, or to indicate the route of a coming funeral. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > light appearing over corpse > light as omen of death fetch-light1692 corpse-candle1694 corpse-light1801 death candle1808 fetch-candle1852 1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 201 What will..[a] meer Somatist say to the Corps-Candles, or Dead Mens Lights, in Wales? 1696 J. Aubrey Miscellanies 231 Those fiery apparitions (Corps Candles) which do as it were mark out the way for corpses to their κοιμητηριον and sometimes before the parties themselves fall sick. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1019 The exhalations in church-yards, called corpse-candles, denoted coming funerals. 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iii. i. 87 Corpse-candles gliding over nameless graves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1694
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