PAVILION, noun pavil'yun. [Latin papilio, a butterfly, and a pavilion ]

1. A tent; a temporary movable habitation.

2. In architecture, a kind of turret or building, usually insulated and contained under a single roof; sometimes square and sometimes in the form of a dome. Sometimes a pavilion is a projecting part in the front of a building; sometimes it flanks a corner.

3. In military affairs, a tent raised on posts. The word is sometimes used for a flag, colors, ensign or banner.

4. In heraldry, a covering in form of a tent, investing the armories of kings.

5. Among jewelers, the under side and corner of brilliants, lying between the girdle and collet.

PAVIL'ION, verb transitive To furnish with tents.

1. To shelter with a tent.