baldachin

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The fellow didn't withdraw in time and the bell came down like the blade of a guillotine and whacked his leg right off 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.

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  1. noun A rich fabric of silk and gold brocade.
  2. noun A canopy of fabric carried in church processions or placed over an altar, throne, or dais.
  3. noun Architecture A stone or marble structure built in the form of a canopy, especially over the altar of a church.

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  • He includes Western fashion inspirations and solid cutting techniques into his designs and applies georgette, damask, Italian baldachin, lace and Swarovski crystals to Chinese silk and brocade to redefine the Western gown, corsage, pleat skirt and fish skirt. —  My Sinchew -
  • The heir walked under the baldachin, before him a priest with a tube in which incense was burning; there were maidens also who scattered roses on the path over which the prince was to travel The people in holiday garments, with branches in their hands, formed a line and shouted; they sang songs, or prostrated themselves before the lieutenant of the pharaoh. —  The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
  • 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 For the purpose of honoring the King of France, the protector of Ferrara and of the Borgias, Lucretia had summoned the French ambassador, Philipp della Rocca Berti, to ride at her left, near her, but not under the baldachin. —  Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
  • The fellow didn't withdraw in time and the bell came down like the blade of a guillotine and whacked his leg right off 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. —  Là-bas
  • Chanting as they go, outsiders falling on their knees at the approach of the baldachin, the pilgrims now wind in solemn procession round the statue in front of the church, and finally enter, when another religious celebration takes place. —  In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"
 

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  1. Italian baldacchino, from Old Italian, from Baldacco, Baghdad.

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  1. In def. 1 also formerly baldakin, baldekin, and earlier baudekin, q. v.; in def. 2 also baldaquin, and, as Italian or Spanish, baldacchino, baldaquino; from French baldaquin = Spanish baldaquino = Portuguese baldaquim, from Italian baldacchino (Middle Latin baldakinus, etc.), a canopy, from Baldacco, Italian form of Bagdad (Arabic Baghdad), where a rich cloth used for such canopies was manufactured.
 

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