pavane
noun
pa·vane pə-ˈvän 
-ˈvan
-ˈvan variants or less commonly pavan
pə-ˈvän
-ˈvan,
ˈpa-vən
1
: a stately court dance by couples that was introduced from southern Europe into England in the 16th century
2
: music for the pavane
also : music having the slow duple rhythm of a pavane
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The second movement, processional and severe, is a pavane, not a dirge; this music needs motion, and Bach Collegium imbued this most famous of the symphony’s movements with a sense of solemn dance lost at a slower tempo. 
Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2022
Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2022 Word History
Etymology
Middle French pavane, from Italian dialect pavana, from feminine of pavano of Padua, from Pava (Tuscan Padova) Padua
First Known Use
circa 1510, in the meaning defined at sense 1