pas

The right of going foremost; precedence.archaic

• ‘Nobody of any elegance of manners can exist, where tradesmen, attornies, and mechanics have the pas.’
• Even Mrs. Bute Crawley, the Rector's wife, refused to visit her, as she said she would never give the pas to a tradesman's daughter.

A step in a dance.

• The premier pas in life is the most important of all ……

plural of paform-ofplural