Pavan

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A slow, stately dance, probably of Italian origin, but much practised in Spain.
  • n. Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, which is properly duple and very slow.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries
  • n. music composed for dancing the pavane
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dancing    saltation    Terpsichore    dance    dance music   
    Variant
    pavane    paven    pavian    pavin   
     
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