shallow dish of fat with a wick used in illuminations
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• (n.) A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter`s, in Rome. Called also padelle.
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Pa·del'la noun [ Italian , prop., a pan, a friing pan, from Latin
patella a pan.] A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also
padelle .
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A padella is a type of candle comprising a large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, and used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome.
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