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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. music composed for dancing the pavane;
[syn: pavane, pavan]

2. a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries;
[syn: pavane, pavan]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pavan \Pav"an\, n. [F. pavane; cf. It. & Sp. pavana, and Sp. pavon, pavo, a peacock, L. pavo.] 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. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pavan n 1: music composed for dancing the pavane [syn: pavane, pavan] 2: a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: pavane, pavan]