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   Canopy , n.; pl. Canopies . [OE. canapie, F. canapé sofa, OF. conopée, conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canopè canopy, sofa), LL. conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. κωνωπεῖον, fr. κώνωψ gnat, κώνος cone + ὤψ face. See Cone, and Optic.]
   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 canopies and beds of state.”
   Dryden.
   
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   (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
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   Canopy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canopes ; p. pr. & vb. n. Canopying.] To cover with, or as with, a canopy. “A bank with ivy canopied.”
   Milton.
   
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