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An embroidered fabric of silk and gold especially for church vestments, ceremonial robes, and decorations.

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  • Similarly, even in the simplicity of pre-adolescence, the Walsingham smells-and-bells, with acolytes in lace surplices, prancing round holding aloft a ceremonial umbrella (as...
  • Above it four small columns with a canopy form a baldachino; and the cross is laid flat upon it.
  • The temple is very handsome, the baldachino is superb, and the bronzes and brasses on the altar are specially fine.
  • Left, a sofa with rose-coloured curtains above in the form of a baldachino.
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