pavan

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A slow, stately dance, probably of Italian origin, but much practised in Spain.

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Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, which is properly duple and very slow.

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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.

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a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries

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music composed for dancing the pavane