单词 | hanukkiah |
释义 | hanukkiahn. Judaism. A candelabrum holding eight lights and a shamash (shamash n. 2), used during the eight days of Hanukkah. Cf. menorah n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > candleholder > [noun] trendle1423 paschal1426 shaft?c1450 pan1511 trestle1523 strestell1531 hearse1563 Jesse1706 menorah1886 hanukkiah1939 1939 Amer. Hebrew & Jewish Tribune 15 Sept. 11/2 These are a series of ‘Chanukiot’ designed by two girls. 1985 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Nov. c3 The Chanukiah is designed to hold candles or containers for oil, which are ceremoniously lit during Chanukah. 2018 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 14 Dec. 6 He had lit the second Hanukka candle in the presence of Holocaust survivors and had used a hanukkiah that had been salvaged from a Polish town in which there were no Jewish survivors. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1939 |
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