• (British) IPA: /ˈbaldəkɪn/

baldacchin (plural baldacchins)

1. A rich, embroidered#Adjective|embroidered brocade used for clothing#Noun|clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
2. A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.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.

3. A building#Noun|building in form of a canopy, or a crown#Noun|crown support#Verb|supported by pillars for the covering#Noun|covering of an altar; a canopy carried over the host#Noun|host in Roman Catholic countries.
   • [1724, N[athan] Bailey, “BALDACHIN ↗”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for E. Bell, J. Darby, […], OCLC 819943732 ↗, column 1:

     BALDACHIN is a Building in form of a Canopy, or Crown ſupported by Pillars, often ſerving for the Covering of an Altar; Alſo a Canopy carried over the Hoſt in Popiſh Countries.]

• French: baldaquin
• German: Baldachin
• Italian: baldacchino
• Russian: балдахи́н
• Spanish: baldaquino