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Definition of canopy:
- 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.
- Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
- An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
- To cover with, or as with, a canopy.
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Usage examples:
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So now the Emperor walked under his high canopy in the midst of the procession, through the streets of his capital; and all the people standing by, and those at the windows, cried out, " Oh!
- "Andersen's Fairy Tales", Hans Christian Andersen. -
Daughter was on the Lawn, seated under a Canopy that had set Father back thirty- two Dollars.
- "Fables in Slang", George Ade. -
It is the sheriff beneath his canopy.
- "Pretty Michal", Mór Jókai.