baldacchin
English
Alternative forms
- baldacchino, baldachin, baldachino, baldakin, baldaquin, baudekin, baudekyn, baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin
Etymology
Borrowed from French baldaquin, from Italian baldacchino, from Baldacca, a variant of Baghdad, where the material originally came from.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaldəkɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbældəkɪn/
Noun
baldacchin (plural baldacchins)
- (uncountable, archaic) A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
- (countable) A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Penguin, published 2010, page 682:
- Bernini had already provided the chief coup de théâtre of the basilica's interior, the monumental bronze canopy or baldachino over the high altar and tomb of St Peter.
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- (countable) A building in form of a canopy, or a crown supported by pillars for the covering of an altar; a canopy carried over the host in Roman Catholic countries.
- [1721, N[athan] Bailey, “BALDACHIN”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], OCLC 220594298, column 1:
- BALDACHIN is a Building in form of a Canopy, or Crown ſupported by Pillars, often ſerving for the Covering of an Altar; Alſo a Canopy carried over the Hoſt in Popiſh Countries.]
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Translations
canopy suspended over an altar or throne
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