baldachin
Also baudekin. Textiles. a silk brocade interwoven with gold or silver threads, used chiefly for ceremonial purposes.
Architecture. a permanent ornamental canopy, as above a freestanding altar or throne.
a portable canopy carried in religious processions.
Origin of baldachin
1- Also bal·dac·chi·no, bal·da·chi·no [bal-duh-kee-noh], /ˌbæl dəˈki noʊ/, bal·da·quin.
Other words from baldachin
- bal·da·chined, adjective
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How to use baldachin in a sentence
Soaring high up on four bronze columns ninety-four feet from the floor, the great baldacchino rises above all.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsOver the throne is a canopy or baldacchino the emblem of sovereignty.
Rome | Mildred Anna Rosalie TukerThe royal chair and baldacchino had been removed, and their place was occupied by the usual bench of the President.
The Eternal City | Hall CaineThe baldacchino is a glittering affair, forty or fifty feet high, and big enough for a mission church.
Ireland as It Is | Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)This baldacchino was afterwards reconstructed with greater richness, and painted by Giorgio Vasari.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects | Giorgio Vasari
British Dictionary definitions for baldachin
baldaquin baldachino (ˌbɔːldəˈkiːnəʊ)
/ (ˈbɔːldəkɪn) /
a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
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
Origin of baldachin
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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