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(bal′də kin)

noun

a rich brocade, formerly made of silk and gold
a canopy of this or other material, carried in church processions or placed over an altar or throne
a marble or stone structure like a canopy, built over an altar

Origin: < It or Fr: Fr baldaquin < It baldacchino, after Baldacco, Baghdad, where the cloth was manufactured

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noun pl. bal·da·chins also bal·da·chi·nos

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

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Origin: Italian baldacchino

Origin: , from Old Italian

Origin: , from Baldacco, Baghdad

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