Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as baldachin.

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  • noun Alternative form of baldacchin.

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Examples

  • Similarly, even in the simplicity of pre-adolescence, the Walsingham smells-and-bells, with acolytes in lace surplices, prancing round holding aloft a ceremonial umbrella (as Malcolm distantly recalls, this was termed a "baldachino") seemed a trifle OTT.

    Bloggers4Labour 2009

  • Similarly, even in the simplicity of pre-adolescence, the Walsingham smells-and-bells, with acolytes in lace surplices, prancing round holding aloft a ceremonial umbrella (as Malcolm distantly recalls, this was termed a "baldachino") seemed a trifle OTT.

    Bloggers4Labour 2009

  • The Corpus Christi procession, Pope Alexander at centre, vested in a cope, kneeling on a priedieu under a baldachino, adoring a monstrance which he is carrying; the whole is being carried upon the shoulders of Palafranieri.

    A Papal Ceremony 2009

  • The temple is very handsome, the baldachino is superb, and the bronzes and brasses on the altar are specially fine.

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • The center of the top of the baldachino is occupied by a kind of basket suitable for holding flowers, lemons, oranges, and other fruits in season.35

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • His image is placed under a baldachino …, half reclining, his arms extended in a gesture and with an expression which indicates health, joy, contentment, which seems to invite one to the pleasures of the table.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • The center of the top of the baldachino is occupied by a kind of basket suitable for holding flowers, lemons, oranges, and other fruits in season.35

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • His image is placed under a baldachino …, half reclining, his arms extended in a gesture and with an expression which indicates health, joy, contentment, which seems to invite one to the pleasures of the table.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • Baudekin was a very costly textile of gold and silk which was used largely in altar coverings and hangings, such as dossals; by degrees the name became synonymous with "baldichin," and in Italy the whole altar canopy is still called a _baldachino_.

    Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

  • Above it four small columns with a canopy form a baldachino; and the cross is laid flat upon it.

    Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

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