Cierge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sɪə̯dʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cierge is a noun meaning A wax candle used in religious rites.
Meaning
A wax candle used in religious rites.
Example Sentences
The fire was lighted in the drawing-room, and in the soft obscurity Toppie with her high golden head looked like a tall white lighted cierge; a Christmas cierge in a votive chapel of a great cathedral; for though so sweet, so almost gay, the background to Toppie's gaiety was something dedicated and remote.
Word Forms
- cierges
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ceroferary, censer, ciborium, crevet, cerin, cresset.
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