I. pə-ˈvil-yən noun
Etymology: Middle English pavilloun, pavillioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin papilion-, papilio butterfly; perhaps akin to Old High German fīfaltra butterfly
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : a large often sumptuous tent
b. : something resembling a canopy or tent
tree ferns spread their delicate pavilion s — Blanche E. Baughan
2.
a. : a part of a building projecting from the rest
b. : one of several detached or semidetached units into which a building is sometimes divided
3.
a. : a usually open sometimes ornamental structure in a garden, park, or place of recreation that is used for entertainment or shelter
b. : a temporary structure erected at an exposition by an individual exhibitor
4. : the lower faceted part of a brilliant below the girdle — see brilliant illustration
II. transitive verb
Date: 14th century
: to furnish or cover with or put in a pavilion