minstrelsy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a troupe of minstrels
  2. noun ballads sung by minstrels
  3. noun the art of a minstrel

WordNet

Min"strel*sy noun
Definitions
  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 1913