menorahn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈnɔːrə/, U.S.

/məˈnɔrə/,

/məˈnoʊrə/

Forms: 1800s– menorah, 1900s minoorah. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew mĕnōrāh.

Etymology: < Hebrew mĕnōrāh lampstand, candlestick, candelabrum used in places of worship and as a symbol of Judaism, ultimately < the same Semitic base as Arabic manāra(h) (see minaret n.).

Judaism.

A holy candelabrum with seven branches that was used in the ancient temple in Jerusalem; a similar candelabrum holding eight lights and a shamash (shamash n. 2), used on the eight days of Hanukkah.The seven-branched menorah is also used symbolically as an emblem of Judaism, or of the nation of Israel.

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1833 I. Leeser Jews & Mosaic Law (App.) 201 I will but briefly state that נר (Nare) means a single lamp; מנרה (Menorah), however, an assemblage of lamps, or candelabre.

1849 New Church Repository & Monthly Rev. Sept. 413 The original term rendered ‘Candlestick’ is..menorah..and denotes rather a candelabrum.]

1886 (title) The Menorah. A monthly magazine.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 206/1 Chanukah, to the Jewish bocher, meant not only slim, yellow candles in a glistening menorah, but luscious potato latkes.

1936 Jews in Palestine Campaign (Menorah Club) 41 A Club under the name of Menorah (seven branched candlestick)..was established.

1958 B. Malamud Magic Barrel (1960) 128 Don't those peaks..look like a Menorah?.. Like a seven-branched candalabrum?

1966 L. Davidson Long Way to Shiloh ii. 31 The great seven-branched lamp, the Menorah, has been the symbol of Judaism for some thousands of years; of..Israel, for the past fifteen or so... Titus took the lamp when he destroyed the Temple in August of 70.

2016 S. Fine Menorah iv. 158 The angular menorah fits with modern, often minimalist experimentation in the design of branched Hanukkah menorahs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	menorah
释义	menorahn. Brit. /mᵻˈnɔːrə/, U.S. /məˈnɔrə/, /məˈnoʊrə/ Forms: 1800s– menorah, 1900s minoorah. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew mĕnōrāh. Etymology: < Hebrew mĕnōrāh lampstand, candlestick, candelabrum used in places of worship and as a symbol of Judaism, ultimately < the same Semitic base as Arabic manāra(h) (see minaret n.). Judaism. A holy candelabrum with seven branches that was used in the ancient temple in Jerusalem; a similar candelabrum holding eight lights and a shamash (shamash n. 2), used on the eight days of Hanukkah.The seven-branched menorah is also used symbolically as an emblem of Judaism, or of the nation of Israel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > candleholder > [noun] trendle1423 paschal1426 shaft?c1450 pan1511 trestle1523 strestell1531 hearse1563 Jesse1706 menorah1886 hanukkiah1939 1833 I. Leeser Jews & Mosaic Law (App.) 201 I will but briefly state that נר (Nare) means a single lamp; מנרה (Menorah), however, an assemblage of lamps, or candelabre. 1849 New Church Repository & Monthly Rev. Sept. 413 The original term rendered ‘Candlestick’ is..menorah..and denotes rather a candelabrum.] 1886 (title) The Menorah. A monthly magazine. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 206/1 Chanukah, to the Jewish bocher, meant not only slim, yellow candles in a glistening menorah, but luscious potato latkes. 1936 Jews in Palestine Campaign (Menorah Club) 41 A Club under the name of Menorah (seven branched candlestick)..was established. 1958 B. Malamud Magic Barrel (1960) 128 Don't those peaks..look like a Menorah?.. Like a seven-branched candalabrum? 1966 L. Davidson Long Way to Shiloh ii. 31 The great seven-branched lamp, the Menorah, has been the symbol of Judaism for some thousands of years; of..Israel, for the past fifteen or so... Titus took the lamp when he destroyed the Temple in August of 70. 2016 S. Fine Menorah iv. 158 The angular menorah fits with modern, often minimalist experimentation in the design of branched Hanukkah menorahs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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