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Definition of Pavilion
1. Noun. Large and often sumptuous tent.
Definition of Pavilion
1. n. A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.
2. v. t. To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.
Definition of Pavilion
1. Noun. an ornate tent ¹
2. Noun. a light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place ¹
3. Noun. a structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc ¹
4. Noun. (cricket) the building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals ¹
5. Noun. the lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone ¹
6. Noun. the cartiliginous part of the outer ear ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) to furnish with a pavilion ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) to put inside a pavilion ¹
9. Verb. (transitive figuratively) to enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour") ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pavilion
1. to cover with a large tent [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Pavilion
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1. A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; especially, a tent raised on posts. "[The] Greeks do pitch their brave pavilions."
2. 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. A flag, colours, ensign, or banner.
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5. That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavilion
Literary usage of Pavilion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1881)
"Grand pavilion d'Angleterre and pennant— containing on its white field the Royal
... Nouveau pavilion de L'Union : a red flag with the Union Jack of 1707, ..."
2. Alison and Peter Smithson: From the House of the Future to a House of Today by Dirk van den Heuvel, Peter Smithson, Max Risselada, Beatriz Colomina (2004)
"The new pavilion was conceived as a box on top of the existing garden wall, ...
Because of the slightly shifted position of the new pavilion, one of the two ..."
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