pavane
noun
a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
pavan
-
a variation of
pavane.
Example Sentences
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But this sweet and yearning six-minute pavan, written for an ensemble of viols, and the title track on the gorgeous new recording of the Ricercar Consort, bridges centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
A fantasia and a pavan and galliard by William Byrd were riveting.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2017
Paduan, pad′ū-an, adj. and n. belonging to Padua: one of the clever imitations of old Roman bronze coins made at Padua in the 16th century: a Spanish dance, the pavan.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Kings, princes, and 'Seigneurs graves,' in dancing the pavan on great occasions, wear their 'grands manteaux, et robes de parade.'
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Edward W. (Edward Woodall) Naylor
When this is done, Harcourtius appears in the pavan, or "peacock's strut," and marches about.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. by Various
