Pavilion
In architecture, a pavilion (from French pavillon, from Latin papilio) has several meanings. In architectural terminology it refers to a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often its function makes it an object of pleasure.In the traditional architecture of Asia, palaces or other large houses may have one or more subsidiary pavilions that are either freestanding or connected by covered walkways, as in the Forbidden City, Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and in the Red Fort and other buildings of Mughal architecture.
In another more specific meaning applied to large palaces, it refers to symmetrically placed subsidiary building blocks that appear to be attached to each end of a main building block or to the outer ends of wings that extend from both sides of a central building block – the corps de logis. Such configurations provide an emphatic visual termination to the composition of a large building, akin to bookends.
Pavillion (noun)
alternative spelling of pavilion
Pavilion (noun)
An ornate tent.
Pavilion (noun)
A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
Pavilion (noun)
A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
Pavilion (noun)
The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
Pavilion (noun)
A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
Pavilion (noun)
The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
Pavilion (noun)
The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
Pavilion (noun)
The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
Pavilion (noun)
A flag, ensign, or banner.
Pavilion (noun)
A tent used as a bearing.
Pavilion (noun)
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
Pavilion (verb)
To furnish with a pavilion.
Pavilion (verb)
To put inside a pavilion.
Pavilion (verb)
To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant’s hymn line “pavilioned in splendour”).
Pavilion (noun)
a building at a cricket ground or other sports ground, used for changing and taking refreshments.
Pavilion (noun)
a summer house or other decorative building used as a shelter in a park or large garden.
Pavilion (noun)
used in the names of buildings used for theatrical or other entertainments
“the resort’s Spa Pavilion”
Pavilion (noun)
a detached or semi-detached block at a hospital or other building complex
“the form of alternating pavilions also allows the site to be developed in depth”
Pavilion (noun)
a large tent with a peak and crenellated decorations, used at a show or fair.
Pavilion (noun)
a temporary building, stand, or other structure in which items are displayed at a trade exhibition
“they designed the British pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010”