baldacchinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbaldəkɪn/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbældəkɪn/

名詞

baldacchin (plural baldacchins)

1. (uncountable, archaic) A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
2. (countable) A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Penguin, published 2010, page 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. (countable) 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.
   • [1721, N[athan] Bailey, “BALDACHIN”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], →OCLC, 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.]