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Baldachin

Baldachin Meaning & Definition
Baldachin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Baldachin?

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

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Baldachin In Webster's Dictionary

\Bal"da*chin\, n. [LL. baldachinus, baldechinus, a canopy of rich silk carried over the host; fr. Bagdad, It. Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks came: cf. It. baldacchino. Cf. {Baudekin}.] 1. A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's. 3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession. [Written also {baldachino}, {baldaquin}, etc.]

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