meaning of canopy
1. 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.
2. An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
3. Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
4. To cover with, or as with, a canopy.
5. a covering usually of cloth that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
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