pavan

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pa·vane

also pa·van P0122300 (pə-vän′, -văn′)n.1. A slow, stately court dance of the 1500s and 1600s, usually in duple meter.2. The music for this dance.

[French pavane, from Italian pavana, from feminine of pavano, of Padua, from dialectal pavàn, from Pava, dialectal variant of Padova, Padua.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pavan - music composed for dancing the pavanepavanedance music - music to dance to
	2.	pavan - a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuriespavanedancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

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PAVAN➣Performing and Visual Arts, Northwest (Winchester, VA)