Perhaps of the beautiful Christ-child, dressed in gold and silver, which was down below in the chapel, where the silver candlesticks gleamed so bright, and where her little friends sung the hymns in which she also could join?
The staircase was brilliantly lighted: servants carrying wax candles in massive silvercandlesticks stood there, and bowed low before an old woman, who was being brought downstairs in a litter.
She came back to us no wiser for years of exile--came back with her priests and her Italian singing-boys, her incense-bearers and golden candlesticks and gaudy rags of Rome.
There were a pair of silver candlesticks on the dressing-table, with thick wax candles burnt nearly to the sockets.
The plain interior of the Dom has a painting behind the altar, and the large candles in immense candlesticks on either side were burning before a crucifix throughout the entire service.
All these beautiful dishes, those rare pieces of copper, the seven golden candlesticks to remain in their humble cabin?
One subject she never touched upon, nor was she asked to tell, what had become of the great copper kettle, the seven golden candlesticks and all else that had been left behind.
That this someone had hidden a big copper kettle and, perhaps, seven golden candlesticks near the cabin, then had gone away, did not seem to matter.
In it she saw the huge Madam Chicaski placing seven candlesticks on the mantel at Rainbow Farm.
That night, as supper time approached, Madam Chicaski insisted that candles should be put in the golden candlesticks and that they should be set, all flickering and alight, three upon the mantel and four upon the table.
I don't know just what you call it, but I mean the black candlesticks and little trays with trailing vines on them.
The altar of incense stood nearest the Sanctum Sanctorum, and the tables and candlesticks were placed five on the north and five on the south side of the holy place.
The threecandlesticks are the image of the life of man, considered in youth, manhood, and old age, and happy are those that have been enlightened in these ages, by the light of truth.
If the dinner is to be late in the afternoon use Colonial candlesticks of brass or glass without shades.
Place a row of white candles in pewter candlesticks across the mantel and display all the old china, pewter, brass and copper about the dining-room.
Use maidenhair ferns at the base of the center piece and the candlesticks to give a touch of green.
The floors in drawing-room, hall and dining-room are given an extra polish, and only candlelight from wax tapers in sconces, candelabra and Colonial candlesticks of brass allowed.
Lay three or fower balls before you, and as many boxes or small candlesticks &c, then first seeme to put one ball into your left hand, and therewithall seeme to holde the same fast.
These candlesticks have the largest bases on record, with high domes, and bear the "pontil" mark on top of the nozzle instead of at the bottom.
A pair of beads hung on a nail by the window over which was drawn an old red curtain; two brass candlesticks with a cross between them stood over the hearth, giving it a faint resemblance to an altar.
Six tall candlesticks with escutcheons and yellow tapers formed a slender mystical wall of fire and light about it; the windows were draped a couple of kneeling desks were set at the foot of the bed.
Later in the same chapter it is explained that "the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
In the first chapter of the Revelation, the Apostle St. John says that he "saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man, .
They didn't have candlesticks because they didn't want them; they held the candles in their hands when they explored the caves.
He did not have any candlesticks because he only used these candles cut short in the little lantern he carried.
Amusing mistakes sometimes happen; thus a lady who had sent a pair of handsome candlesticks was mystified by expressions of gratitude for a silver berry spoon she had not sent.
On a square or oblong table, candlesticks with shades give a touch of color that relieves the whiteness of napery and glass.
The old lighthouse now forms a conspicuous object on the Hoe, and contains some interesting relics, and in the lantern are the candlesticks in which the lights were placed that guided the mariners across the stormy ocean in past ages.
This good priest informed the policeman with much reluctance that the candlesticks had formerly belonged to him, and that he had given them to his prisoner to buy bread for his family.
A policeman found a handsome pair of silver candlesticks in the custody of a poor unfortunate man, and as they bore upon them a distinctive coat of arms he arrested him.
The canopy for the altar is a present from the Baron; the candlesticks and the credence were carved by Ehremvald.
The result is often a noble building of the chapel order, with altar-table, tabernacle, worshipping angels, candlesticks and all.
Unfortunately, the introduction of a more ornate service, even of harmless candlesticks and the often very useful incense, had always a secret meaning.
Every Saturday he had to see that the sconces of the candlesticks were all scoured out, and that the pavements before the altars were washed and cleaned.
Probably you can have your candlesticks fired at the pottery where you get your clay, but if you wish to carry on the work and experiment for yourself secure a kiln of your own by all means.
Then again, candlesticks give a wide scope to individuality in design, and that it gives expression to one’s originality is one of the greatest charms of pottery making.
Candlesticks are always decorative; even the old tin candlestick with its half burnt tallow candle has a certain picturesqueness that the artist recognizes when he chooses that as an accessory to his picture instead of the prosaic oil lamp.
Four great standardcandlesticks to stand on the pavement before the altar.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "candlesticks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
