English Dictionary

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.
Source : opted (22687)  - auto

An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
Source : opted (22688)  - auto

Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
Source : opted (22689)  - auto

To cover with, or as with, a canopy.
Source : opted (22692)  - auto