lighted candle

collocation in English

meaningsoflightedandcandle

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lighted
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈlaɪ.t̬ɪd/
burning or starting ...
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candle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkæn.dəl/us
/ˈkæn.dəl/
a stick-shaped piece of wax with a wick (= piece of string) in the middle of it that produces light as it ...
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(Definition oflightedandcandlefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You are going about a powder mine with alightedcandle.
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The crowd grew more restless, and someone threw alightedcandleonto the stage.
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When the priest and deacon cense the temple, the deacon will walk with alightedcandle.
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She must hold thelightedcandleover the heart of the person whose life she wants to take and whisper their name.
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The disastrous fire began after the gas works manager repaired a fault with alightedcandle.
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There was no torchlight procession for her or similar victims; no quilts stitched; no vote-grabbing politician appeared at our door with alightedcandle.
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In some churches the sacrament is reserved in a tabernacle or aumbry with alightedcandleor lamp nearby.
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The light is spread from person to person until everyone holds alightedcandle.
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To attract the troublesome entity, a cleft blackthorn stave with alightedcandleis placed in front of the trap.
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What especially distinguishes this apse is the figure of the richly dressed female donor holding alightedcandle.
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When she turned to the place toward which she was being turned, she saw a great light, like that coming from an enormouslightedcandle, which caused her great wonder.
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Her dress suddenly caught fire, though it is unclear exactly how; it may have been burning wax or alightedcandlethat fell on her dress.
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On the same evening, there are small processions with lighted candles at several temples.
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Throughout the entire service, everyone holds lighted candles, and the censer is swung by the deacon or priest throughout much of the service.
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He finally leads her to the annex which is filled with lighted candles.
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Devotees hold lighted candles and sing the prayer as they walk.
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Everyone stands holding lighted candles during the psalm.
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There he blesses holy water, twelve lighted candles being placed outside, and twelve inside the church.
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The place is transformed into a forest of lighted candles, with photos of all the people he treasured in life.
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To correct him, he told two acolytes to accompany the man with lighted candles as he walked home.
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