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. "Golden canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.
An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
Also, a roofike covering, supported on pilars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied." Milton.
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