Meaning & use
masque
A festive entertainment popular among European nobility in the 16th and 17th centuries, combining music, dance, elaborate costume, and drama.
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The royal court staged an elaborate masque to celebrate the wedding.
Playwrights of the era sometimes wrote masques specifically for court performances.
A note on using this word
Masque, an archaic form related to mask, should not be confused with the everyday face covering; it survives mainly in historical and literary contexts.
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