Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Minstrelsy

Minstrelsy , noun

1.
The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.
2.
Musical instruments. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
3.
A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels' songs. — Milton
The minstrelsy of heaven. — Chaucer