KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

A tent or tabernacle (2 Samuel 22:12; 1 Kings 20:12-16), or enclosure (Psalms 18:11; 27:5). In Jeremiah 43:10 it probably denotes the canopy suspended over the judgement-seat of the king.

See Tabernacle
Tabernacle

a temporary movable tent or habitation.

1. Soc , properly an enclosed place, also rendered "tabernacle," "covert" and "den;" once only "pavilion." (Psalms 27:5) (Among the Egyptians pavilions were built in a similar style to houses, though on a smaller scale in various parts of the country, and in the foreign districts through which the Egyptian armies passed, for the use of the king

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2. Succah , Usually "tabernacle" and "booth."
3. Shaphrur and shaphrir , a word used once only, in (Jeremiah 49:10) to signify glory or splendor, and hence probably to be understood of the splendid covering of the royal throne.

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.

PAVIL'IONED, participle passive Furnished with pavilions; sheltered by a tent.