n.
Pronunciation: p ə - ' vil-y ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English pavilloun, pavillioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin papilion-, papilio butterfly; perhaps akin to Old High German f ī faltra 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