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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 bal·da·chin /ˈbɔldəkən, ˈbæl-/
 織錦,天蓋,廟蓋

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bal·da·chin n.
 1. A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obs.]
 2. Arch. 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.
 3.  A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.
 [Written also baldachino, baldaquin, etc.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 baldachin
      n : ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a
          roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)