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Antonyms for baldachin

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bal-duh-kin, bawl-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl də kɪn, ˈbɔl-


Definition of baldachin

  • As in canopy : noun overhanging covering
  • As in ceiling : noun top of a room
Example sentences :
  • Two of the biggest, sir, stood in the adytum to form the baldachin over the Ark.
  • Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
  • He placed it neatly on the crown-shaped ornament in the centre of the baldachin.
  • Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
  • Its interior will be of pure gold, very massive, and it hath a Baldachin of velvet, embroidered with our ducal arms.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
  • It is probable that these columns belonged originally to the baldachin over the high altar.
  • Extract from : « Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages » by George Edmund Street
  • The most striking object in the interior is the magnificent Romanesque baldachin above the high altar.
  • Extract from : « Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages » by George Edmund Street
  • The baldachin is, like the Retablo, of wood covered with thin plates of metal.
  • Extract from : « Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain » by George Edmund Street
  • The litter stopped before a baldachin under which was an ebony throne on an elevation.
  • Extract from : « The Pharaoh and the Priest » by Alexander Glovatski
  • In the hall Prince Rameses sat on an elevated chair beneath a baldachin, while at the entrance door appeared the herald.
  • Extract from : « The Pharaoh and the Priest » by Alexander Glovatski
  • The King presided, sitting under a baldachin with his consort, Queen Johanna, at his right and his sons at his left.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Prague » by Count Francis Ltzow
  • Under the baldachin hovered a gilded Cupid, spotted and faded, with his arrow aimed at the bed.
  • Extract from : « The Precipice » by Ivan Goncharov

Synonyms for baldachin

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