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Webster 1913 Edition


Minstrelsy

Min′strel-sy

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Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Minstrelsy

MIN'STRELSY

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Noun.
The arts and occupations of minstrels; instrumental music.
1.
A number of musicians.
The minstrelsy of heaven.