Baldachin

Definition: Baldachin

Baldachin

Noun

1. Ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar).

Date "baldachin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references)

Etymology: Baldachin \Bal"da*chin\, noun. [from Late Latin expression baldachinus, baldechinus, canopy of rich silk carried over the host; from Bagdad, Italian Baldacco, city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks came: compare to Italian expression baldacchino. Compare to Baudekin.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Baldachin The da�s or canopy under which, in Roman Catholic processions, the Holy Sacrament is carried (Italian, baldacchino, so-called from Baldacco (Italian for Bagdad), where the cloth was made). Also the canopy above an altar. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Covering	Noun: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade); shield; (defense).
Temple	Chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino; apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat; diaconicum, jube; mourner's bench, mourner's seat.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Baldachin

Etymologies containing "baldachin": Baudekin. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Baldachin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (baldachin, baldaquin, canopy), Hungarian (baldachin, canopy, tester), Romanian (baldachin, baldaquin, canopy).

Domain	Title
Books	Powers Matchless: The Pontificate of Urban Viii, the Baldachin, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Hermenuetics of Art, Vol 6) (reference) (more book examples)
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"Baldachin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Baldachin" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "baldachin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		baldakyn (canopy). (various references)

Arabic		‏البغدادي نسيج حريري. (various references)

Bulgarian		балдахин (canopy, tester). (various references)

Chinese		带金线绣花丝织�"�. (various references)

Czech		baldachýn (canopy). (various references)

Dutch		baldakýn (canopy), troonhemel (canopy), hemel (canopy, heaven, sky), draaghemel (canopy). (various references)

Esperanto		baldakeno (canopy). (various references)

French		baldaquin. (various references)

German		baldachin (baldaquin, cab guard, cab protector, cab shield, canopy). (various references)

Hungarian		baldachin (canopy, tester). (various references)

Italian		baldacchino (baldaquin, canopy). (various references)

Pig Latin		aldachinbay.(various references)

Portuguese		baldaquino, baldaquim (canopy), pálio (canopy, Pall), dossel (canopy, dais, dossier, tester). (various references)

Romanian		baldachin (baldaquin, canopy). (various references)

Russian		балдахин (baldaquin, canopy, valance). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		baldahin (canopy). (various references)

Spanish		baldaquín (canopy). (various references)

Swedish		baldakin (canopy). (various references)

Turkish		baldaken (baldaquin), sunak örtüsü (baldaquin). (various references)

Ukranian		балдахін (canopy, dais, valance). (various references)

Vietnamese		m� n treo (baldaquin). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "baldachin": baldachino, baldachinos, baldachins. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Baldachin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Badarchiyn, balakjian, Baldacci, baldachini, Balducci, Balmaghie, Baltacha, Bardach. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "baldachin" (pronounced 'Bal"da*chin'): Arschin, Bulchin, Caoutchin, Capuchin, Catechin, Chin, Matachin, Punchin, Zechin. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-h-i-l-n"
	-3 letters: blanch, dahlia, indaba.
	-4 letters: abaci, aland, alcid, banal, binal, blain, bland, blind, cabal, cabin, canal, canid, chain, child, china, dacha, hadal, halid, labia, laich, lanai, liana, linac, naiad, nicad, nidal.
	-5 letters: acid, alan, alba, anal, anil, baal, bach, bail, bald, band, bani, bind, blah, blin, cadi, caid, cain, chad, chia, chid, chin, clad, clan, dahl, dhal, dial, hail, hand, hila, hind, inch, laic, laid, lain, land, lich, nada, nail.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-d-h-i-l-n"
	+1 letter: baldachino, baldachins.
	+2 letters: baldachinos.
	+5 letters: subarachnoidal.
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