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candlelighting

noun

Etymology

From candle + lighting.

  1. inherited from *lewktom✻
  2. inherited from *leuhtą✻
  3. inherited from *leuht✻
  4. inherited from lēoht
  5. inherited from light
  6. suffixed as lighting — “light + ing”
  7. compounded as candlelighting — “candle + lighting”

Definitions

  1. The lighting of a candle, especially as part of a ceremony

  2. The specific time eighteen minutes before sundown when Shabbat or holiday candles are…

    The specific time eighteen minutes before sundown when Shabbat or holiday candles are supposed to be lit, according to halacha.

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