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baldachin

noun as in canopy

noun as in ceiling

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We can see St. Matthew on the left above the baldachin, and St. John on the right.

I was glad to escape the cold and wind, and especially liked the Meissen collection and the throne room, with its imposing baldachin.

The rosy-coloured damask curtains, which form a baldachin over it, are tied to the branches of enormous jasmine trees by heavy golden tassels.

Each wheel bears the image of the sun, and six pillars, surmounted by a golden drapery, form a sort of baldachin over the car.

The priest Mukhovetski carried the gilded monstrance; holding it with both hands above his face and sometimes raising it on high, he moved on under a baldachin, calm, with closed eyes and an ascetic face.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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