sirvente
Americannoun
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sirventes
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sirvente
1810–20; back formation from Provençal sirventes literally, pertaining to a servant, i.e., lover (the -s being taken as plural sign). See servant, -ese
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This sirvente which was apparently composed during a brief interval during which the jongleurs amused the company, was read in a sonorous voice by Archbishop Boniface.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
It has even been doubted whether the serventois is not the forerunner of the sirvente instead of the reverse being the case.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
Barral had composed and committed to memory a sirvente or song of battle which he proposed to write out, paper and quill being permitted him in deference to his broken jaw.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
Again, the Provençal sirvente is represented by the northern serventois, a poem in Chanson form, but occupied instead of love with war, satire, religion, and miscellaneous matters.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
For he was making a sirvente in praise of Guenevere.
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
The first sirventes which can be dated with certainty belongs to 1181, and is a call to the allies of Raimon V, Count of Toulouse, to aid their master against the King of Aragon.
From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor
The Monk of Montandon refers to him as a merchant in his sirventes upon other troubadours.
From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor
Bertran is especially famous for his political sirventes and for the martial note which rings through much of his poetry.
From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor
The society offered an annual prize of a golden violet for the best chanso; other prizes were added at a later date for the best dance song and the best sirventes.
From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor
The troubadours, devoted to their duchess, sang dolorous songs upon her captivity, and voiced their hatred of her jailer, Henry, in burning sirventes.
From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Pierce Butler
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