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Baldachin

Bal′da-chin

,
Noun.
[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.]

Definition 2025

Baldachin

Baldachin

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German

Noun

Baldachin m ‎(genitive Baldachins or Baldachines, plural Baldachine)

  1. canopy, dais

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English

Noun

baldachin ‎(plural baldachins)

  1. Alternative spelling of baldacchin
    • 1903, John Leslie Garner, Lucretia Borgia, translation of original by Ferdinand Gregorovius:
      She rode beneath a purple baldachin, which the doctors of Ferrara--that is, the members of the faculties of law, medicine, and mathematics--supported in turn.
    • 1908, Major W. E Frye, After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819:
      The bronze that formerly ornamented this temple was made use of to fabricate the baldachin of St Peter's.
    • 1928, J. K. Huysmans, La-bas:
      People will spend thirty thousand francs on an altar baldachin, and ruin themselves for music, and they have to have gas in their churches, and Lord knows what all besides, but when you mention bells they shrug their shoulders.

Venetian

Noun

baldachin m (plural baldachini)

  1. contraption, gadget
  2. canopy

Etymology

From Italian baldacchino.

Pronunciation

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