pavilion

Everyday

1. A building beside a sports field, especially a cricket ground, where players change and rest. tree →
2. A light building or large tent used at fairs, shows and exhibitions. tree →
3. A decorative building in a park or garden for shelter, like a summerhouse. tree →
4. One of several buildings that make up a hospital or exhibition. tree →

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 →
• He was out and walked back to the pavilion. tree →
• Each country had its own pavilion at the World Fair. tree →
• We sheltered from the rain in the park pavilion. tree →
• The Royal Pavilion in Brighton looks like an Indian palace. tree →
• The flower show had a huge pavilion full of roses. tree →
• Again he thought, "That is surely my hunting-pavilion," and so he went up to it. tree →

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 →
• And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. (Prophets 2SA.22.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →

Note

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