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PAVILION
, properly a See also:tent, a See also:late use of See also:Lat. papilio, butterfly, from which the word is derived through the See also:French
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The See also:term is chiefly used of a tent with a high pitched roof, a small detached See also:building used as a summer-See also:house, &c., and particularly for a building attached to a recreation ground for the use of players and members
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In See also:architecture the term pavilion is specifically applied to a portion of a building which projects from the sides or central See also:part
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It is a characteristic of French See also:renaissance architecture
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Where the buildings of a large institution are broken up into detached portions, as in St See also: |
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