BALCONY (Ital. balcone from balco, scaffold; cf. O. H. Ger. balcho, beam, Mod. Ger. Balken, Eng. balk)

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BALCONY (Ital. balcone from balco, scaffold; cf. O. H. Ger. balcho, beam, Mod. Ger. Balken, Eng. balk) , a

kind

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

of platform projecting from the

wall

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the
original
- ORIGINAL
O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
WALL,
RICHARD
- RICHARD
- RICHARD (d. 1184)
- RICHARD, FRANCOIS
  MARIE
  - MARIE
  BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
- RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
- RICHARD, ST
(1694-1778)

of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a

balustrade

BALUSTRADE

. Sometimes balconies are adapted for ceremonial purposes, e.g. that of St

Peter

's at Rome, whence the newly elected

pope

POPE (Gr. irarraas,
post
- POST
-classical Lat. papa, father)
POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

gives his blessing urbi et orbi. Inside churches balconies are sometimes provided for the singers, and in banqueting halls and the like for the musicians. In theatres the " balcony " was formerly a stage-box, but the name is now usually confined to the

part

PART

of the auditorium above the dress circle and below the gallery.

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