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An obsolete and dialectal form of bold. It is retained in this spelling as an element in certain proper names of Anglo-Saxon or Old High German origin: as, Baldwin, Archibald, Ethelbald, etc. baldachin (bal'da-kin), n. [In def. 1 also formerly baldakin, baldekin, and earlier baudekin, q. v.; in def. 2 also baldaquin, and, as It. or Sp., bald acc hi no, bald a quino; IMG:content-1584.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1585.png:[graphic] Double Baldachin.- Shrine of the Crown of Thorns, high altar of the Sainte Chapelle, Paris; 13th century. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. de l'Architecture.") canopy, often of metal or stone, above the isolated high altar in many churches, especially in Italy and the East. From its center, according to the old ritual, usually hung by a chain the ve el containing the Host; but this usage has now been superseded. Baldachins also occur in other po spelled baldaquin. Also called ciborium. See baldachin . sitions than over altars, as over tombs, shrines, etc. Also baldachino (bal-da-kēnō), п. [