Hypertext Webster Gateway: "minstrelsy"
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) 1.7 (wn)
minstrelsy
n 1: a troupe of minstrels
2: ballads sung by minstrels
3: the art of a minstrel
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