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votive candle

type of votive offering in Christianity
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votive candle

Summary

votive candle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • votive candle is a type of candle[2].
  • votive candle is a type of votive object[3].
  • votive candle's Commons category is recorded as Votive candles[4].
  • votive candle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • votive candle's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include candle[2] and votive object[3].

Why It Matters

votive candle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . tesauromuseus.com.br. Retrieved . tesauromuseus.com.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_votive-candle_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{votive candle}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/votive-candle}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → candle, votive object
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295924, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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