baldacchin

Meanings

Noun

A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.
A building in the form of a canopy, or a crown supported by pillars for the covering of an altar; a canopy carried over the host in Roman Catholic countries.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French baldaquin, from Italian baldacchino, from Baldacca, a variant of Baghdad, where the material originally came from.

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