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# pavilion

noun (a pavilion, pavilions)

«pavilion» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A building beside a sports field, especially a cricket ground, where players change and rest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#m1)
2. A light building or large tent used at fairs, shows and exhibitions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#m2)
3. A decorative building in a park or garden for shelter, like a summerhouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#m3)
4. One of several buildings that make up a hospital or exhibition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#m4)

### In the lessons

In sport (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland), the cricket pavilion is where players change and have tea; a batter who is out walks back "to the pavilion". At fairs and world exhibitions, each country may have a pavilion. In parks, a bandstand or tea pavilion.

### Examples

- The cricketers had tea in the pavilion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#x1)
- He was out and walked back to the pavilion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#x2)
- Each country had its own pavilion at the World Fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#x3)
- We sheltered from the rain in the park pavilion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#x4)
- The Royal Pavilion in Brighton looks like an Indian palace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#x5)
- The flower show had a huge pavilion full of roses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#x6)
- Again he thought, "That is surely my hunting-pavilion," and so he went up to it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a pavilion, pavilions. Spelling: one l, then "-ion" after "pavil-". Pronounced "puh-VIL-yun".

## In Jewish tradition

A covering or tent. When God is said to have a pavilion of darkness and clouds, it pictures how He is hidden from sight.

**Interpretation.** The commentators read this as a picture: God's greatness is beyond human sight, so He is shown surrounded by cloud and dark storm.

### Examples

- Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion? (Writings JOB.36.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pavilion/#x1)
- And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. (Prophets 2SA.22.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pavilion/#x2)
- He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. (Writings PSA.18.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pavilion/#x3)

### Note

Countable: a pavilion, pavilions. Spelling: one l, then "-ion" after "pavil-". Pronounced "puh-VIL-yun".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pavilion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pavilion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «pavilion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pavilion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pavilion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pavilion.html) on Mova free.