Explore Masques through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Masques meaning
plural of masque
Using Masques
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of masque
- In the example corpus, masques often appears in combinations such as: masques were.
Context around Masques
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Masques
- In this selection, "masques" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, court, presented, elaborate, although, herself and meant stand out and add context to how "masques" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include anne s masques were responsible and by elaborate masques at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "masques" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with masques
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These masques contained songs and dances. (6 words)
Barroll, 58. Anne sometimes performed with her ladies in the masques herself, occasionally offending members of the audience. (18 words)
Nik Turner had returned as a guest for the 1982 Choose Your Masques tour and was invited back permanently. (19 words)
The Queen's House at Greenwich, begun for Anne in 1616 Anne's masques were responsible for almost all the courtly female performance in the first two decades of the seventeenth century and are regarded as crucial to the history of women's performance. (44 words)
Musical versions Henry Purcell The Fairy-Queen by Henry Purcell consists of a set of masques meant to go between acts of the play, as well as considerable rewriting of the play to be current to 17th century audiences. (39 words)
Other lyrics were written for masques, including the sonnet "Seated between the old world and the new" in praise of the queen as the moral power linking Europe and America, who supports "the world oppressed" like the mythical Atlas. (39 words)
Example sentences (11)
A decisive quarrel with Jones harmed his career as a writer of court masques, although he continued to entertain the court on an irregular basis.
Barroll, 58. Anne sometimes performed with her ladies in the masques herself, occasionally offending members of the audience.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, European royal courts presented masques that were complex theatrical entertainments involving dancing, singing and acting.
Musical versions Henry Purcell The Fairy-Queen by Henry Purcell consists of a set of masques meant to go between acts of the play, as well as considerable rewriting of the play to be current to 17th century audiences.
Nik Turner had returned as a guest for the 1982 Choose Your Masques tour and was invited back permanently.
Other lyrics were written for masques, including the sonnet "Seated between the old world and the new" in praise of the queen as the moral power linking Europe and America, who supports "the world oppressed" like the mythical Atlas.
Sometimes these dance rituals, or masques, were peasant protests against oppression—with the maskers, in the people’s name, receiving the brunt of a given lord’s vicious retaliation.
The performances at the public theatres were complemented by elaborate masques at the royal court and at the inns of court.
The Queen's House at Greenwich, begun for Anne in 1616 Anne's masques were responsible for almost all the courtly female performance in the first two decades of the seventeenth century and are regarded as crucial to the history of women's performance.
These masques contained songs and dances.
Title page of The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (1616), the first folio publication that included stage plays At the same time, Jonson pursued a more prestigious career, writing masques for James's court.
Common combinations with masques
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: