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pavilion
pavilion definition
pa·vil·ion (pə vil′yən)
noun
- a large tent, usually with a peaked top
- a building or part of a building, often partly open and highly ornamented, used for entertainment, exhibits, etc., as at a fair or park
- 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
Etymology: 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
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