Obs. [OE. candelstæf, f. CANDLE + STAFF.] A candlestick; the main stem or shaft of a branched candlestick.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. v. 15. Ne hi ne ælað hyra leoht-fæt [Vulg. lucernam] and hit under cyfe settað, ac ofer candelstæf [Vulg. candelabrum].
a. 1100. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 326. Candelabrum, candelstæf.
1382. Wyclif, Ex. xxv. 33. Six ȝerdes, that ben to be brouȝt forth out of the candelstaf.
