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Noun: dance of death
  1. A medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
    "The painting depicted the dance of death as a reminder of mortality";
    - danse macabre

Derived forms: dances of death

Type of: ceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing

Encyclopedia: Dance of death