7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
noun (Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation
noun (Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival
originBorrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.
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