HyperDic: dance_of_death

English > 1 sense of the expression *dance of death*:
NOUN	act	dance of death, danse macabre	a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death / death leads a procession of others to the grave

English > *dance of death*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death / death leads a procession of others to the grave.
Synonym	danse macabre
Broader	ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance	A dance that is part of a religious ritual
Spanish	danza de la muerte
Catalan	dansa de la mort