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Definition of Baldachin
1. Noun. Ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar).
Definition of Baldachin
1. n. A rich brocade; baudekin.
Definition of Baldachin
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of baldacchin) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baldachin
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baldachin
Literary usage of Baldachin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... for the height and elegance of its tower, its stained glass, and the fine
Pyrenean marbles used in the high altar, the baldachin, and the sanctuary. ..."
2. Sicily, the New Winter Resort: An Encyclopaedia of Sicily by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1907)
"'baldachin, INLAID WITH PRECIOUS STONES, IN THE CATHEDRAL AT MESSINA Barbers'
saloons are the poor people's clubs. They shave well, but it is a long job, ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"By a baldachin, as applied to an altar, we understand such structures to be meant
as exist ... Those who desire to see a baldachin, as generally understood, ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"baldachin : A canopy-like ornament in stone or bronze over the altar in some
Roman Catholic churches, designed originally to protect the Eucharist from ..."
5. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1899)
"Vor der schwarzen Wandtafel ist ein rotbrauner baldachin errichtet, dessen
Hintergrund das Banner der Hochschule ziert, während vor dem Banner die Büste ..."
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