baldachin
IPA: bɑɫdɑtʃɪn
noun
- Alternative spelling of baldacchin [(uncountable, archaic) A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.]
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Examples of "baldachin" in Sentences
- The interior is graced by a gold colored baldachin.
- The chapel's focal point is a Carrara marble baldachin.
- The taller kathisma with gilded baldachin is for the bishop.
- The baldachin is supported by four massive red granite columns.
- Such a monument with a baldachin was a first in the Renaissance.
- Below the baldachin hangs a golden pendant with a large emerald.
- The roof of the baldachin bears a painting of the birth of Christ.
- Angels hold a little baldachin over the head, and a bird sits at the foot.
- Beneath the chancel arch stands the high altar, under an ornate baldachin.
- A baldachin, or baldaquin from , is a canopy of state over an altar or throne.