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marquess
European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count or earl. The wife of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. The term originally denoted a count holding a march, or mark (frontier district).
masque
Short dramatic entertainment performed by masked actors. It originated in the folk ceremony known as mummery (see mumming play) and evolved into elaborate court spectacles in the 16th-17th cent. A masque presented an allegorical theme using speeches, dances, and songs, in a performance often embellished with rich costumes and spectacular scenery. The genre reached its height in 17th-cent. England when the court poet, B. Jonson, collaborating with I. Jones on many notable masques (1605-34), gave it literary force. The masque later merged with opera, also influencing ballet and pantomime.
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