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Definition of Saraband

1. Noun. Music composed for dancing the saraband.

2. Noun. A stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time.

Definition of Saraband

1. n. A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.

Definition of Saraband

1. Noun. A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saraband

1. a stately Spanish dance [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saraband

saproxanthin saprozoic saprozoonosis saps sapsago sapsagos sapskull sapskulls sapsucker sapsuckers

sapucaia sapucaias sapwood sapwoods saquinavir saraband (current term) sarabande sarabandes sarabands sarabauite

saracen sarafan sarafans sarafotoxin saralasin saralasin acetate saran sarangi sarangis sarangist

Literary usage of Saraband

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Art Panels from the Hand Looms of the Far Orient as Seen by a Native Rug by Garabed Thomas Pushman (1905)
"The weavers of saraband seem to have taken special liking to this design, ... The color scheme of the groundwork in a saraband rug is cither dark blue or ..."

2. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1756)
"SAP'PING (of ¡apir, F.) undermining. SAP'Py (Sapic, Sax.) baring Г. р. saraband ... saraband ..."

3. Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and by Thomas Campbell (1819)
"... Like the sun in his early ray, But shake your head and scatter day. A LOOSE saraband. An me, the little tyrant thief, As once my heart was playing, ..."

4. Art Panels from the Hand Looms of the Far Orient as Seen by a Native Rug by Garabed Thomas Pushman (1905)
"The weavers of saraband seem to have taken special liking to this design, ... The color scheme of the groundwork in a saraband rug is cither dark blue or ..."

5. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1756)
"SAP'PING (of ¡apir, F.) undermining. SAP'Py (Sapic, Sax.) baring Г. р. saraband ... saraband ..."

6. Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and by Thomas Campbell (1819)
"... Like the sun in his early ray, But shake your head and scatter day. A LOOSE saraband. An me, the little tyrant thief, As once my heart was playing, ..."

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