Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Ballads considered as a group; also, the sharing (transmission), making and performing of ballads, ballads as an activity, as a tradition, as a body of work, as a craft, as implying a community of singers, makers and lovers of ballads.

Origin

From ballad + -ry.

From ballad + -ry.

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Forms

plural: balladries

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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