I. pəˈvilyən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English pavilon, from Old French paveillon, from Latin papilion-, papilio butterfly; akin to Old English fīfalde butterfly, Old High German fīfaltra, Old Norse fīfrildi butterfly, Lithuanian peteliške flighty, piepala quail; from its spreading out like a butterfly's wings
1.
a. : a large often sumptuous tent
amongst them rose the white pavilions of the Turkish irregular cavalry — A.H.Layard
b. : something resembling a canopy or tent
tree ferns spread their delicate pavilions — Blanche E. Baughan
2.
a. : a part of a building usually having some distinguishing feature and projecting from the rest
rang the bell of the little pavilion and was taken into the tiny hall and then into the small dining room — Gertrude Stein
the country house … accented by two-story terminal pavilions at the ends — H.S.Morrison
b. : one of several detached or semidetached units into which a building (as a hospital) is sometimes divided
became supervisor of the dependents' pavilion — Current Biography
3.
a. : a light sometimes ornamental structure in a garden, park, or place of recreation that is used for entertainment or shelter
picnicked in pavilions — Green Peyton
the band pavilion … is the scene of summer concerts — American Guide Series: Minnesota
there was a pavilion , a dance hall up on the highway — Morley Callaghan
b. : a temporary structure erected at an exposition by an individual exhibitor
the national pavilions … are the actual property of the nations which display their wares in them — David Sylvester
4. : the lower faceted part of a brilliant between the girdle and the culet — compare bezel ; see brilliant illustration
5.
a. : pinna 2b
b. : infundibulum f
6. chiefly Britain : a permanent structure erected for the use of players and often spectators on a cricket ground
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English pavilionen, from pavilion, n.
: to furnish or cover with : put, enclose, or shelter in or as if in a pavilion
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise — Robert Grant †1838