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Definition of Pavilioning
1. pavilion [v] - See also: pavilion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavilioning
Literary usage of Pavilioning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"And gray walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow fire upon a
hoary brand; And one keen pyramid with wedge sublime, pavilioning the dust of ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... And gray walls molder round, on which dull time Feeds, like slow fire upon a
hoary brand: And one keen pyramid with wedge sublime, pavilioning the dust ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"... pavilioning the dust of him who planned This refuge for his memory, doth stand
Like flame transformed to marble ; and beneath A field is spread, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1829)
"And there, amidst the gloom pavilioning his tomb, The warrior's bones are laid!
Yes! from the willow-tree that waver'd Over Napoleon's self, ..."
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