Definition of menorah in English:
menorah
noun mɪˈnɔːrəməˈnôrə
1A sacred candelabrum with seven branches used in the ancient temple in Jerusalem.
- Of the thirty-three Hanukkah cards, twenty-six, or 79 percent, feature a Star of David or Menorah.
- If you go to Rome today you can visit Titus' Triumphal Arch which bears the engraved image of the Menorah from the destroyed Temple in Jerusalem being carried victoriously into Rome.
- Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, lasts eight days, and each evening, an additional candle is lit on the Menorah.
- The night of the 22nd is our Hanukkah party at the White House, where we light the Menorah.
- Every night, Father would light the Menorah and let it burn itself out.
- 1.1 A candelabrum used in Jewish worship, typically with eight branches.（犹太教礼拜用的）大烛台（尤指再献圣殿节使用的八连灯大烛台）
- Ritual Jewish art includes beautifully crafted menorahs, wine cups, candlesticks, tallilot (prayer shawls), and other ceremonial objects.
- As part of the celebrations a menorah was lit and although there was only enough oil to light the menorah for a day, it stayed alight for eight days.
- In music or poetry, one thinks of an octave, in Jewish ritual, a menorah with eight branches.
- As we enter the house with the mezuzah on one side and the Chanukah menorah on the other, there is no mistaking the Jewish focus of the home.
- Staff at Turton High School's Media Arts College have put on display religious objects ranging from a Jewish menorah candlestick to Hindu figurines.
Origin
Hebrew.
Rhymes
abhorrer, adorer, Andorra, angora, aura, aurora, bora, Bora-Bora, borer, Camorra, Cora, corer, Dora, Eleonora, Eudora, explorer, fedora, flora, fora, ignorer, Isadora, Kia-Ora, Laura, Leonora, Maura, Nora, pakora, Pandora, pourer, roarer, scorer, senhora, señora, signora, snorer, soarer, Sonora, sora, storer, Theodora, Torah, Tuscarora, Vlorë
Definition of menorah in US English:
menorah
nounməˈnôrə
the Menorah1A sacred candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple in Jerusalem, originally that made by the craftsman Bezalel and placed in the sanctuary of the Tabernacle (Exod. 37:17–24).
七连灯大烛台（用于耶路撒冷圣殿中，根据《出埃及记》第37章第17节后记载，最初由工匠贝哲乐尔制造，置放于神龛会幕中）- If you go to Rome today you can visit Titus' Triumphal Arch which bears the engraved image of the Menorah from the destroyed Temple in Jerusalem being carried victoriously into Rome.
- Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, lasts eight days, and each evening, an additional candle is lit on the Menorah.
- Every night, Father would light the Menorah and let it burn itself out.
- The night of the 22nd is our Hanukkah party at the White House, where we light the Menorah.
- Of the thirty-three Hanukkah cards, twenty-six, or 79 percent, feature a Star of David or Menorah.
- 1.1 A candelabrum used in Jewish worship, especially one with eight branches and a central socket used at Hanukkah.（犹太教礼拜用的）大烛台（尤指再献圣殿节使用的八连灯大烛台）
- Staff at Turton High School's Media Arts College have put on display religious objects ranging from a Jewish menorah candlestick to Hindu figurines.
- In music or poetry, one thinks of an octave, in Jewish ritual, a menorah with eight branches.
- As we enter the house with the mezuzah on one side and the Chanukah menorah on the other, there is no mistaking the Jewish focus of the home.
- Ritual Jewish art includes beautifully crafted menorahs, wine cups, candlesticks, tallilot (prayer shawls), and other ceremonial objects.
- As part of the celebrations a menorah was lit and although there was only enough oil to light the menorah for a day, it stayed alight for eight days.
Origin
Hebrew.