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Baldachin

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Noun

1. baldachin

ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Baldachin

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noun
1. 
a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
2. 
a canopy of fabric or stone over an altar, shrine, or throne in a Christian church or carried in Christian religious processions over an object of veneration

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Baldachin

see synonyms of baldachin
noun
1. 
a rich brocade, formerly made of silk and gold
2. 
a canopy of this or other material, carried in church processions or placed over an altar or throne
3. 
a marble or stone structure like a canopy, built over an altar

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Baldachin

see synonyms of baldachin
n. pl. bal·da·chins also bal·da·chi·nos
1. A rich fabric of silk and gold brocade.
2.
a. A canopy of fabric carried in church processions or placed over an altar, throne, or dais.
b. A structure having the form of a canopy, usually built of stone or bronze, over the altar of a church.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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