[ad. L. lampadārius, Byzantine Gr. λαμπαδάριος, f. λαμπάς (see LAMP sb.1); in sense 2 as if ad. L. *lampadārium. Cf. F. lampadaire.]
1. Hist. An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose duty it was to provide for the lighting of the church, and to bear a taper before the emperor and the patriarch in processions.
1727–41. in Chambers, Cycl.
1731. In Bailey, vol. II.
2. A cluster of lamps; a candelabrum. rare.
1885. Pall Mall Gaz., 1 June, 7/1. At nightfall thirty-two lampadaries were lighted, the lamps in the Champs Elysées and the streets being covered with crape.
