Pavilion
/pəˈvɪljən/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An ornate tent.
- 2 large and often sumptuous tent wordnet
- 3 A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
- 4 A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
- 5 The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
"Only one player has hit a six over the Lord's pavillion."
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- 6 A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
- 7 The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
- 8 The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
- 9 The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
- 10 A flag, ensign, or banner.
- 11 A flag, ensign, or banner.; A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
- 12 An ornate tent, used either as a charge or bearing, or surrounding a shield as or atop the mantling.
- 13 A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
"For after the rain when with never a stain, / The pavilion of heaven is bare, […]"
Verb
- 1 To furnish with a pavilion. transitive
- 2 To put inside a pavilion. transitive
- 3 To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour, And girded with praise"). figuratively, transitive
Proper Noun
- 1 A community and Indian reserve in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
- 2 A town and census-designated place therein, in Genesee County, New York, United States.
Example
More examples"When I was young, my father often talked to me about the Golden Pavilion."
Etymology
From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”) (due to resemblance of tent to a butterfly’s wings), of unknown origin. Doublet of papilio and papillon. Cognate to French pavillon (“pavilion”) and papillon (“butterfly”), and similar terms in other Romance languages.