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What does "pavilion" mean?

Pavilion: (Arch.) 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Mil.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
  2. 3.(Her.) Same as Tent (Her.)
  3. 4.That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.
  4. 5.(Anat.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
  5. 6.A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky. The pavilion of heaven is bare. Shelley.
  6. 7.To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents. The field pavilioned with his guardians bright. Milton.

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