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minstrelsy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Minstrelsy  \Min"strel*sy\,  n. 
  1.  The  arts  and  occupation  of  minstrels;  the  singing  and 
  playing  of  a  minstrel. 
 
  2.  Musical  instruments.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  3.  A  collective  body  of  minstrels,  or  musicians;  also  a 
  collective  body  of  minstrels'  songs.  --Chaucer.  ``The 
  minstrelsy  of  heaven.''  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  minstrelsy 
  n  1:  a  troupe  of  minstrels 
  2:  ballads  sung  by  minstrels 
  3:  the  art  of  a  minstrel 




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