pavan

from 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}]

from 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]