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passant
passata
passback
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Passchendaele
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passe-partout
passed ball
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passacaglia

pas·sa·ca·glia [ pssə klyə, pàssə kállyə ] (plural pas·sa·ca·glias)


noun 
Definition:
 
baroque music form: a baroque musical composition in slow triple time over a repeated bass line

[Mid-17th century. Via Italian< Spanish pasacalle< pasar "to pass" + calle "street"; because often played in the streets]
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