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Definition of Masque
1. Noun. A party of guests wearing costumes and masks.
Specialized synonyms: Fancy-dress Ball, Masked Ball, Masquerade Ball
Generic synonyms: Party
Derivative terms: Mask, Masquerade
Definition of Masque
1. n. A mask; a masquerade.
Definition of Masque
1. Noun. (archaic) ''(in 16th-17th Century England & Europe)'' A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) Words and music written for a masque. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A shortening of the word masquerade. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic form of mask) ¹
5. Verb. (archaic form of mask) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Masque
1. a dramatic entertainment formerly popular in England [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Masque
Literary usage of Masque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"Because it is natural drama, it is often the means by which the masque gets a
place in ... It is in a masque that Romeo loses his heart to Juliet;2 and, ..."
2. English Literature During the Lifetime of Shakespeare by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1910)
"A masque of poetical quality and - for the masque — of singular coherency ...
The masque continued to rise in expense and sumptuousness until it became in ..."
3. Shakespere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1884)
"I. Definition of the masque—Its Courtly Character—Its Partial Influence over the
Regular Drama.—II. Its Italian Origin.—III. masques at Rome in 1474—At ..."
4. Literary Criticism from the Elizabethan Dramatists by John Tucker Murray, David Klein, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, William Winter, Rosamond Gilder, Felix Emmanuel Schelling, William Dean Howells, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Allan McAulay, William Randolph Hearst (1908)
"Forty-two instruments and voices supplied the music for this masque. The masque
is of Phoebus' Knights turned to golden trees through the wrath of Cynthia. ..."
5. Elizabethan Drama, 1558-1642: A History of the Drama in England from the by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1908)
"The masque begins with an altercation between Mercury and Iris, messengers of
Jupiter and Juno, in which each presents a rival ..."
6. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1848)
"THE masque OF QUEENES. It encreasing, now, to the third time of my being ...
or false-masque; I was carefull to decline not only from others, but mine owne ..."
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