Definitions of Jesse
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A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; - called also tree of Jesse.
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A large branched candlestick used in churches.
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A large branching candlestick in churches, so called from its spreading out like the genealogical tree of Jesse.
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The large branched candlestick used in churches, so called as resembling the genealogical tree of Jesse, the father of David, a picture of which was formerly hung in churches.