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min·strel·sy

   [min-struhl-see]
noun
1.
the art or practice of a minstrel.
2.
minstrels' songs, ballads, etc.: a collection of Scottish minstrelsy.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English minstralcie (< Anglo-French menestralsie) < Anglo-Latin ministralcia, menestralcia. See minstrel, -cy
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minstrelsy (ˈmɪnstrəlsɪ)
 
—n , pl -sies
1.  the art of a minstrel
2.  the poems, music, or songs of a minstrel
3.  a troupe of minstrels

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minstrelsy
13c., from Anglo-Fr. menestralsie, from O.Fr. menestrel (see minstrel).
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