Pavilion

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pa=vil=ion

CIDE DICTIONARY

Pavilion, n. [F. pavillon, fr. L. pavilio a butterfly, also, a tent, because spread out like a butterfly's wings.].

•  A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.  [1913 Webster]
•  A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.  [1913 Webster]
•  Same as Tent (Her.)  [1913 Webster]
•  That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.  [1913 Webster]
•  The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.  [1913 Webster]
•  A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.  [1913 Webster]

  "The pavilion of heaven is bare."  [1913 Webster]

Pavilion, v. t. 

 To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.  [1913 Webster]
"The field pavilioned with his guardians bright."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Pavilion, n. & v.
--n.
1 Brit. a building at a cricket or other sports ground used for changing, refreshments, etc.
2 a summerhouse or other decorative building in a garden.
3 a tent, esp. a large one with crenellated decorations at a show, fair, etc.
4 a building used for entertainments.
5 a temporary stand at an exhibition.
6 a detached building at a hospital.
7 a usu. highly decorated subdivision of a building.
8 the part of a cut gemstone below the girdle.
--v.tr. enclose in or provide with a pavilion.

Etymology

ME f. OF pavillon f. L papilio -onis butterfly, tent

THESAURUS

Pavilion

Nissen hut, Quonset hut, booth, crib, gatehouse, hut, hutch, kiosk, lean-to, outbuilding, outhouse, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall, tollbooth, tollhouse

ROGET THESAURUS

Pavilion

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.