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pavane
[ puh-vahn, -van; French pa-van ]
noun
, plural pa·vanes [p, uh, -, vahnz, -, vanz, p, a, -, van].
- a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- the music for this dance.
pavane
/ -ˈvæn; ˈpævən; pəˈvɑːn /
noun
- a slow and stately dance of the 16th and 17th centuries
- a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, usually characterized by a slow stately triple time
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pavane1
1525–35; < Middle French < Italian pavana, contraction of padovana (feminine) of Padua ( Italian Padova )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pavane1
C16 pavan, via French from Spanish pavana, from Old Italian padovana Paduan (dance), from Padova Padua
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Example Sentences
He taught her the gavotte, the pavane, and many other dances, playing the measures on an old violin the while.
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Very fine was the bow he made as he said: 'Mademoiselle, may I entreat the honour of your hand for the pavane?
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So pavane followed gavotte and sarabande and the more modern minuet, and the ball was very brilliant and gay.
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I have often seen them dancing the Pavane d'Espagne, which must be performed with the utmost majesty and grace.
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He was enraptured to find her in so winning a mood that he proposed a pavane.
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