Menorah

Noun

 * 1)  A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
 * 2) * 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked:
 * ‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away.
 * 1)  A candelabrum with nine branches used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.

Synonyms

 * hanukkiah

Thesaurus
Agnus Dei, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, beadroll, beads, candle, censer, chaplet, ciborium, cross, crucifix, cruet, eucharistial, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, incensory, matzo, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal candle, pax, phylacteries, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx, relics, rood, rosary, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, shofar, sukkah, tabernacle, tallith, thurible, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votive candle

Etymology
From מנורה:. From the same Semitic root as minaret:.

Translations

 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Menora
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: メノーラー
 * Korean: 메노라
 * Ladino: menora


 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: menorá
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: менора
 * Roman: menora
 * Spanish: menora, menorá
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: