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Definition

a large structure separate from a main structure

in various senses, including:

a large roofed structure without walls — often found in parks
a temporary structure — such as a large tent to house exhibits at a fair, to provide sports facilities, or to put on a show
a section of a large hospital or office complex adjacent to other parts

Much more rarely, pavilion can reference a facet of a gem or part of the outer ear.

We're meeting for a picnic under the pavilion at the park.

pavilion = large roofed structure without walls

The Chinese pavilion at the World's Fair was fabulous.
Her room is in the east pavilion of the hospital.
...a pavilion pitched on one side of the open place.
C.S. Lewis -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

pavilion = a large tent

The torches and braziers kept the outdoor pavilion warm,
Rick Riordan -- The Titan's Curse

pavilion = a large structure separate from other structures

The boat looked like a floating teahouse, with an open-air pavilion larger than the one in our courtyard.
Amy Tan -- The Joy Luck Club

pavilion = a large roofed structure without walls

When they came of an age to take girls out on dates they always took them to the pavilion in the fair grounds.
Dalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun

pavilion = a large structure separate from a main structure (perhaps a large roofed structure without walls)

The couple advanced further into this pavilion of the night till they stood in its midst.
Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
He had seen them though, as they left their pavilion, and he followed them with his eyes until they disappeared again.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
Gaily striped tents and pavilions sprang up everywhere as the workmen scurried about like ants.
Norton Juster -- The Phantom Tollbooth
Moonlight played on the high iron-latticed pavilions.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
Sometimes in the buffalo shed; other times the band shell benches or the pavilion.
Jerry Spinelli -- Maniac Magee
Grandfather sits a few rows behind the Commandant's pavilion with a group of his personal guard, his eyes on me.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
And now the mild autumn sun got lower, and in front of the pavilion the following incident had taken place.
Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
"I'll go see about the pavilion for Your Majesty," said Teleus, backing up as the Mede's personal guard distributed themselves around the clearing.
Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
Giant tented pavilions were set up in the gardens, with food and wine stations scattered about the lawn.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection
Deposes he was leaving Torquay Pavilion after the film Not a Sparrow and noticed a man behaving queerly.
Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders
Strands of web covered it like a gauze pavilion.
Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
Certain agents I found to have the power to shake and to pluck back that fleshly vestment, even as a wind might toss the curtains of a pavilion.
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A clay and pebble wall, built in 1853, surrounded the town; and in the principal street were the market and several hotels adorned with pavilions.
Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days

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