Usually means: Glowing light; foretells death omen.
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  1. corpse candle: Merriam-Webster
  2. corpse candle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. corpse-candle, corpse candle: Wordnik
  4. corpse candle: Wiktionary
  5. Corpse candle: Dictionary.com
  6. Corpse candle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Corpse Candle: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  8. corpse candle: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Corpse candle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (corpse candle)

noun:  A thick candle formerly used at a wake (pre-internment event).
noun:  A luminous appearance, resembling a candle flame, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.

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