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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pavane /pəˈvan, -ˈvɑːn/ (also pavan /ˈpav(ə)n/)

▶noun a stately dance in slow duple time, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.

■ a piece of music for this dance.

– origin C16: from Fr., from Ital. pavana, fem. adj. from Pavo, dial. name of the city of Padua.

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