minstrelsy

[ min-struh l-see ]

/ ˈmɪn strəl si /

the art or practice of a minstrel.

minstrels' songs, ballads, etc.: a collection of Scottish minstrelsy.

Origin of minstrelsy

1275–1325; Middle English minstralcie (< Anglo-French menestralsie) < Anglo-Latin ministralcia, menestralcia. See minstrel, -cy

The 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

minstrelsy

/ (ˈmɪnstrəlsɪ) /

the art of a minstrel

the poems, music, or songs of a minstrel

a troupe of minstrels