Usually means: Ornamental canopy over altar, throne.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word baldachin:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. baldachin: Merriam-Webster
  2. baldachin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. baldachin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. baldachin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. baldachin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Baldachin, baldachin: Wordnik
  7. baldachin: Wiktionary
  8. baldachin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. baldachin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. baldachin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Baldachin, baldachin: Dictionary.com
  12. Baldachin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Baldachin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. baldachin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. baldachin: Rhymezone
  16. Baldachin (m), Baldachin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. Baldachin: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. baldachin: FreeDictionary.org
  19. baldachin: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. baldachin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. baldachin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. baldachin: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baldachin: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baldachin: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Baldachin)

▸ 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.]

Similar:
baldachino, baldaquin, baldacchin, bawdkin, baudekin, baldric, garbardine, ferrandin, lambrekin, gaberdine, more...

Opposite:
exposed, plain, simple, unadorned.

Types:
canopy, dome, cupola, lunette, pendentive, oculus, more...

Phrases:
St. Peter's Baldachin, more...

Adjectives:
octagonal, magnificent, splendid, great, central, gothic, golden, purple, portable, heavy, domed

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Similar:
baldachino, baldaquin, baldacchin, bawdkin, baudekin, baldric, garbardine, ferrandin, lambrekin, gaberdine, more...

Opposite:
exposed, plain, simple, unadorned.

Types:
canopy, dome, cupola, lunette, pendentive, oculus, more...

Phrases:
St. Peter's Baldachin, more...

Adjectives:
octagonal, magnificent, splendid, great, central, gothic, golden, purple, portable, heavy, domed



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