| Definition of 'dance of death' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) danse macabre, dance of death
a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
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| Definitions of 'dance of death' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. dance of death
an allegorical representation in a dramatic or pictorial form of Death, figuring, originally as a skeleton, and performing his part as a chief actor all through the drama of life, and often amid the gayest scenes of it; a succession of woodcuts by Holbein in representation of this dance is well known.
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