PAVANE
- pavan (a slow, stately dance) [n PAVANES]
- stately dance dating from the 16th century
- sic having the slow duple rhythm of a pavane
- the music for this dance
- a stately court dance by couples that was introduced from southern Europe into England in the 16th century
- sic for the pavane
- a slow formal dance, also PAVEN [n -S]