Min'strel-sy, n.

n. 1. The arts and occupation of minstrels; singing and playing. 2. A collective body of minstrels; singers and players; a number of musicians. “The minstrelsy of heaven.” Milton. Nodding their heads before her goes The merry minstrelsy. Coleridge. 3. The collective body of songs; as, the minstrelsy of the Scottish bards.