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Dissension (medicine) and polonaise (sh)


Dissension (medicine)


dissension
Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel. "Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them." (Acts xv. 2) "Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy." (Dryden) "A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people." (Robynson (More's Utopia))

Origin: L. Dissensio: cf. F. Dissension. See Dissent.

Source: Websters Dictionary


polonaise (sh)




Dignified ceremonial Dance in 34 time, frequently employing dotted rhythms, that often opened court balls in the 17th-19th century.

It likely began as a warrior's triumphal Dance and had been adopted by the Polish court as a formal march as early as 1573. The dancers promenaded with gliding steps accented by bending the knee slightly on every third step. It often appeared in ballets, and it was used as a musical form by composers such as George Frideric Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven, and especially Frederic Chopin, whose piano polonaises were martial and heroic.