Search for crossword answers and clues
Dance of the 16th century
Answer for the clue "Dance of the 16th century ", 5 letters:
pavan
Alternative clues for the word pavan
Word definitions for pavan in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. music composed for dancing the pavane [syn: pavane ] a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: pavane ]
Usage examples of pavan.
He and Coigns had been assigned away from the Lunn garrison to the infantry forces of Pavan Nils Barrow, now encamped outside the northern coastal city of Thumbre.
In an orchestra in the largest room, musicians were placed, and here brawls, galliards, lavoltas, passameasures, pavans, sauteuses, cushion-dances, and kissing-dances were performed by the company.
An element here from a Spanish pavan, an influence there of a French psalm tune, a flavour here of early English carol, a savour there of later German chorals.