minstrelsy

Noun

Meaning

The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.

Musical instruments.

A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels' songs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

noel calypso carol rune harper poesy song artist blues poetry verse chorus choir anthem ballad
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Antonyms

bellow howl amateur prose shout scream
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Hypernyms

company art lay ballad prowess artistry

Examples

There was such idiot minstrelsy in rain, So many clappers going without bells, That these bethous compose a heavenly gong. One voice repeating, one tireless chorister, The phrases of a single phrase, ke-ke, A single text, granite monotony. Wallace Stevens

We have winning wiles and witcheries, Such incantations as thy sterner wit Did never dream of. Time hath been ere now That Jove hath listen'd to our minstrelsy. Till wrath would seem to drop out of his soul Like a forgotten thing. Hartley Coleridge

Founded in 1975, REED has for the last 31 years worked to locate, transcribe, and edit all surviving documentary evidence of drama, minstrelsy, and public ceremonial in England before 1642. Source: Internet

They included "self-same", "hue", "minstrelsy", "murky", "carol", and "chaunt". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

minstrelling minstrelry minstrelship mint mint bush mint candy