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Webster 1913 Edition
Pavilion
Pa-vil′ion
,Noun.
[F.
pavillon
, fr. L. pavilio
a butterfly, also, a tent, because spread out like a butterfly’s wings.] 1.
A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.
“[The] Greeks do pitch their brave pavilions.” Shak.
2.
(Arch.)
A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.
3.
(Mil.)
A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
5.
That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of
Brilliant
. 6.
(Anat.)
The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
7.
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
The
pavilion
of heaven is bare. Shelley.
Pa-vil′ion
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pavilioned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pavilioning
.] To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.
The field
pavilioned
with his guardians bright. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pavilion
PAVILION
,Noun.
1.
A tent; a temporary movable habitation.2.
In architecture, a kind of turret or building, usually insulated and contained under a single roof; sometimes square and sometimes in the form of a dome. Sometimes a pavilion is a projecting part in the front of a building; sometimes it flanks a corner.3.
In military affairs, a tent raised on posts. The word is sometimes used for a flag, colors, ensign or banner.4.
In heraldry, a covering in form of a tent,investing the armories of kings.5.
Among jewelers,the under side and corner of brilliants, lying between the girdle and collet.Definition 2024
pavilion
pavilion
English
Noun
pavilion (plural pavilions)
- an ornate tent
- a light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
- a structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
- (cricket) the building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals
- a detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex
- the lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet
- (anatomy) the cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle
- (anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
- (military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
- (heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
- A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
- Shelley
- The pavilion of heaven is bare.
- Shelley
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
ornate tent
light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
cricket building
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detached / semi-detached building in a building complex
lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone
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cartiliginous part of the outer ear — see pinna
Verb
pavilion (third-person singular simple present pavilions, present participle pavilioning, simple past and past participle pavilioned)
- (transitive) to furnish with a pavilion
- (transitive) to put inside a pavilion
- (transitive, figuratively) to enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour")
Translations
furnish with a pavilion
put inside a pavilion
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