dance of death
noun
a symbolic dance in which Death, represented as a skeleton, leads people or skeletons to their grave.
a representation of this theme in art.
Also called
danse macabre.
Origin of dance of death
First recorded in 1470–80
Words nearby dance of death
dance drama,
dance floor,
dance form,
dance hall,
dance music,
dance of death,
dance therapy,
dance to another tune,
danceable,
dancegoer,
dancehall
British Dictionary definitions for dance of death
dance of death
noun
a pictorial, literary, or musical representation, current esp in the Middle Ages, of a dance in which living people, in order of social precedence, are led off to their graves, by a personification of death
Also called (French): danse macabre