Celure

Quick meaning: Celure is a noun meaning (now rare, historical) A canopy, especially one over a bed or altar.

Meaning

(now rare, historical) A canopy, especially one over a bed or altar.

Example Sentences

Cellar for a bedde, ciel de lit.

And whan these thre spyndels were shapen / she made hem to be fastned vpon the selar of the bedde […].

Above the rood-screen, the painted celure of twenty painted panels carries symbols of the Passion […].

[A]t dawn, if the archon is still enjoying himself, they'll let down the curtains to exclude the light, and perhaps even raise the celure over the garden.

Word Forms

• celures
• cellar

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