pavane
Americannoun
plural
pavanes-
a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
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the music for this dance.
noun
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a slow and stately dance of the 16th and 17th centuries
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a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, usually characterized by a slow stately triple time
Etymology
Origin of pavane
1525–35; < Middle French < Italian pavana, contraction of padovana (feminine) of Padua ( Italian Padova )
Example Sentences
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Still, there is that perfectly shaped pearl of a pavane that, throughout it all, stays in the memory.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2022
But leave it to Dowland to give himself the loveliest, noblest and most sympathetic pavane, suffused with a honeyed sweetness, the title “Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2020
It shows how the perfect union, represented by the courtly pavane and other Renaissance dances, can be ruptured by rumor.
From Washington Post
Like dancers in a ragged pavane, the familiar men in French politics whirled through the precise, formal movements of a familiar French ritual�the search for a new government.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the wings I heard and watched the pavane of tragedy move steadily toward its climax.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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