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Baldakin vs Baldacchin - What's the difference?

baldakin | baldacchin | Alternative forms |

Baldakin is an alternative form of baldacchin.

baldakin

Not English

Baldakin has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'baldakin':

bludgeon, baldaquin, baldachin, belotecan

baldacchin

English

Alternative forms

* baldacchino * baldachin * baldachino * baldakin * baldaquin * baudekin * baudekyn * baudkin * baudkyn * bawdekin

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
    • (Nares)
  • A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 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.