1. (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light.

2. (n.) That which gives light; a luminary.

ASA scale Agnus Dei British candle Hefner candle Holy Grail Host Pieta Sanctus bell Sangraal Scheiner scale ark asperger asperges aspergillum bambino bayberry candle beadroll beads bougie bougie decimale candle lumen candle power candle-foot candle-hour candle-meter censer chaplet ciborium corpse candle cross crucifix cruet decimal candle dip electric light bulb eucharistial exposure meter farthing dip fire flame flux holy cross holy water holy-water sprinkler icon illuminant illuminator incandescent body incensory intensity international candle lamp lamp-hour lantern light light bulb light meter light quantum light source lumen lumen meter lumen-hour lumeter luminant luminary luminous flux luminous intensity luminous power lux match matzo menorah mezuzah mikvah monstrance moon osculatory ostensorium paschal candle pax photon phylacteries prayer shawl prayer wheel pyx quantum relics rood rosary rush candle rushlight sacramental sacred relics sacring bell shofar source of light stars sukkah sun tabernacle tallith tallow candle tallow dip taper thurible torch unit of flux unit of light urceole veronica vigil light votary candle votive candle wax candle