lampad

noun

lam·​pad

ˈlamˌpad

plural -s

: lamp, candlestick

—used of the seven lamps of fire in Revelation 4:5

till wheeling round the throne the lampads seven (the mystic words of heaven) permissive signal make

—S. T. Coleridge

Word History

Etymology

Latin lampad-, lampas

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