Baldachin

[bɒ:ldәkin]

Definition

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

Typist: Shirley--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A rich brocade; baudekin.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.

Edited by Hilda

Definition

n. silk brocade: a canopy either supported on pillars or fastened to the wall over a throne pulpit or altar &c.: in R.C. processions a canopy borne over the priest who carries the Host.

Checked by Justin