Candles

thumb|The wick of a burning candle |400x400px thumb|A candle in a candle stick thumb|Tapers (long thin candles) in a church thumb|A memorial candle (yahrtzeit candle)

thumb|250x250px|British Neoclassicism|Neoclassical silver candlestick, 1774–1775; overall height: 29.5 cm. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City).]] A candlestick (or candleholder) is a device used to hold a candle upright in place. Most candlesticks have a cup, a spike (called a "pricket"), or both to secure the candle.

braided cord that supports and fuels a candle's flame

thumb|Candelabra with lit candles A candelabrum ( candelabra or candelabrums) or candelabra ( candelabras) is a type of candlestick which has multiple branches to hold several candles as opposed to only one. "Candelabra" can be used to describe a variety of candle holders including chandeliers. However, candelabra can also be distinguished as freestanding branched candle holders that are placed on a surface such as the floor, a stand, or a tabletop. Chandeliers, on the other hand, are hung from the ceiling.

candle used in liturgies of western churches during the Easter season

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thumb|A tealight which has just been lit, with the wax beginning to liquify thumb|right|A tealight warming a teapot

candles lit on Friday evening to usher in Shabbat

eastern Orthodox and Catholic liturgical candlesticks

Candlepower (abbreviated as cp or CP) is a unit of measurement for luminous intensity. It expresses levels of light intensity relative to the light emitted by a candle of specific size and constituents. The historical candlepower is equal to 0.981 candelas. In modern usage, candlepower is sometimes used as a synonym for candela.

instrument used to extinguish burning candles

thin candle with consistently spaced markings (usually with numbers), that when burned, indicate the passage of periods of time

type of votive offering in Christianity

traditional holiday in Colombia

Series of protests in South Korea

candle marked with the days of December up to Christmas Eve

thumb|Two Turmleuchter type ceramic candle-holders—the right one replicates the design of the SS Julleuchter, itself based on an early modern candle-holder from southern Sweden.

written work by Michael Faraday

aspect of history

outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset in order to show support for a specific cause

unit of luminous intensity

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candle lit in memory of the dead

Christmas decoration with bells, powered by the heat from candles

type of candle that is lit in memory of the dead in Judaism

English Romanesque candlestick

candles made from soy wax

unit of measurement

thumb|A girandole with convex mirror A girandole () is an ornamental branched candle holder consisting of several lights that may be on a stand or mounted on the wall, either by itself or attached to a mirror. Girandole has been used to refer to a number of different objects and designs; it originally referred to a form of firework, but was adopted in France in the mid-17th century as a term for a luxurious object for lighting. The early girandoles were candelabras decorated with crystals looking like a chandelier on a stand, but it was also used at one time to describe all candelabras and cha

buddhist and cultural celebration in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand