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[ min-struhl-see ] / ˈmɪn strəl si /
nounthe art or practice of a minstrel. minstrels' songs, ballads, etc.: a collection of Scottish minstrelsy. Origin of minstrelsy1275–1325; Middle English minstralcie (<Anglo-French menestralsie) <Anglo-Latin ministralcia, menestralcia.See minstrel, -cy Words nearby minstrelsyminoxidil, Minsk, minster, minstrel, minstrel show, minstrelsy, mint, mintage, mint bush, mint condition, in, minted Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for minstrelsyThe Madea films thrive on an ugly mix of minstrelsy and moralism. Tyler Perry’s Madea Minstrel Show|Rawiya Kameir|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST The drop below his signal eloquence was a submission to the kind of minstrelsy demanded of anyone, high or low, these days. Obama Loses His Cool|Stanley Crouch|June 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST I soon thought of this new and amoral cynicism as the most pernicious form of minstrelsy ever created and popularized. The Hip Hop Inauguration|Stanley Crouch|December 19, 2008|DAILY BEAST But with the close of the Heroic Age the evidence for minstrelsy of this type apparently ceases altogether. The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
Thomas D. Rice is generally conceded to have been the founder of Ethiopian minstrelsy. Curiosities of the American Stage|Laurence Hutton Thus, minstrelsy, chant, and tradition have performed an important function in the beginnings of many ancient peoples. The Reign of the Manuscript|Perry Wayland Sinks The verses not written out (and not printed in the Minstrelsy) have been supplied accordingly. The English and Scottish popular ballads (Volume II of 5)|Various Mindful of thee they delight thee with boxing, and dances, and minstrelsy in their games. The Homeric Hymns|Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for minstrelsy
noun plural -siesthe art of a minstrel the poems, music, or songs of a minstrel a troupe of minstrels Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |