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the Fourth Week of Advent
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Sconce
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(Lat. absconsus, Fr. esconce), a word of many meanings, mostly signifying a covering or protection, or, by extension, that which is covered or protected. Its most familiar significance is that of a wall light, consisting of a metal bracket, with two or more socketed branches for candles. The word is also used for the orifice of a candlestick into which the candle is fixed, and for the rim of metal, glass or china, placed round a candle to intercept grease droppings. Among its obsolete meanings is that of head or skull. At the English universities "to sconce" is still used as the term for imposing a penalty at dinner in the shape of a quart-pot of beer or cider.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sconce'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sconce.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sconce'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sconce.html. 1910.
