pavins
/ˈpævɪnz/
noun
- A slow, stately dance popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, often performed in pairs or groups.
- Music for the pavins was usually written in a slow duple meter.
- The dancers performed a graceful pavins at the Renaissance fair.
- In history class, we learned that the pavins was a court dance in Elizabethan England.