Definition of canopy

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Canopy (n.) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc..

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Canopy :: Canopy (n.) A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor..
Dais :: Dais (n.) A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.
Tester :: Tester (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb..
Gablet :: Gablet (n.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc..
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky..
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc..
Canopy :: Canopy (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a canopy..
Baldachin :: Baldachin (n.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's..
Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy..
State :: State (n.) A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself..
Tester :: Tester (n.) A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts..
Ciborium :: Ciborium (n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar..
Baldachin :: Baldachin (n.) A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession..
Bedpost :: Bedpost (n.) One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies..
Canopy :: Canopy (n.) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc..
Overcanopy :: Overcanopy (v. t.) To cover as with a canopy.
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