tenson
[ ten-sohn ]
noun
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
Origin of tenson
11830–40; <French; Old French tençon<Provençal tensoun, tenso contest, dispute <Latin tēnsiōn- (stem of tēnsiō); see tension
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How to use tenson in a sentence
Among the Troubadours, this species of musical dialogue took the form of the tenson, or contention.
Woman's Work in Music | Arthur ElsonDisputes before these courts usually took the form of the tenson, or contention, already described.
Woman's Work in Music | Arthur ElsonWhen more than two singers took part in a tenson, it became a tournament.
Woman's Work in Music | Arthur ElsonSomewhere out in the gloom coyotes chattered and yelped, and from far across the dusky valley others answered—a doleful tenson.
The River and I | John G. NeihardtSuppose, doctor, you were to get up a tenson a little more relative to our own wise days.
Gryll Grange | Thomas Love Peacock
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