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The definition of a pavilion is a large tent or a large, separate part of a building that is often outside, or the lower part of a cut gemstone from the bottom point slanting upward to the girdle, the widest point of the gemstone.

(noun)

An example of a pavilion is a corporate office's back deck where a party is being held.
An example of a pavilion is the part of a gemstone that point towards the finger.

Pavilion is defined as to provide, decorate or shelter in a tent or a large, outdoor structure that is part of a building.

(verb)

An example of pavilion is to provide a large tent for an outdoor party.

See pavilion in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a large tent, usually with a peaked top
1. a building or part of a building, often partly open and highly ornamented, used for entertainment, exhibits, etc., as at a fair or park
2. a decorative shelter or summerhouse
part of a building jutting out from the main part and often ornamented
any of the separate or connected parts of a group of related buildings, as of a hospital or sanitarium
the part of a brilliant-cut gem between the girdle and the culet

Origin: ME pavilon < OFr pavillon < L papilio, butterfly, also tent (from its shape): see papilionaceous

transitive verb

to furnish with or shelter in or as in a pavilion

See pavilion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An ornate tent.
a. A light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs: a picnic pavilion.
b. A usually temporary structure erected at a fair or show for use by an exhibitor: the French pavilion at the World's Fair.
c. A large structure housing sports or entertainment facilities; an arena.
A structure or another building connected to a larger building; an annex.
One of a group of related buildings forming a complex, as of a hospital.
The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gem, slanting outward from the culet to the girdle.