transferred. One of the arms of a candelabrum or chandelier. Hence †A chandelier, esp. of the kind used in churches. Obsolete.

An upright pillar or stem having branches to bear tapers, formerly used on a catafalque or hearse (hearse, n. 2). Obsolete.

a chandelier (cf. branch, n. 2d).

(a) †A glass ball placed among artificial lights to increase the brightness of the illumination (obsolete); also, one of the prismatic glass…

An ornamental branched support or frame to hold a number of lights (originally candles), usually hung from the roof or ceiling.

Any conspicuous light or lamp; spec. a candelabrum. Now archaic and rare.

An ornamental branched candlestick holding a number of candles; a chandelier.

a branched candlestick, a candelabrum.

A cluster of lamps; a candelabrum. rare.