pavane /pəˈvɑːn/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter.Why then be merry; be merry, or I’le be Out of humour, and then who shall dance the Pavan With Ossorio? — 1664 •A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries.And he tasted in the language of memory ambered wines, dying fallings of sweet airs, the proud pavan […] — 1916 verb1 •(rare) To dance the pavane. formspavaned · pavaning · pavanes
