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Dance of death   /dæns əv dɛθ/   Listen
Dance of death

noun
1.
A medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave.  Synonym: danse macabre.





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"Dance of death" Quotes from Famous Books



... sun lay dying, his crimson ebb of life staining the firmament with splendour, his mighty heart turning the dance of Death to a triumphant progress, where Blood and Flame rode by with clouds for chargers, and Earth and Sky themselves shouldered the ...
— Berry And Co. • Dornford Yates


Words linked to "Dance of death" :   ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance


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