SIRVENTE Definition & Meaning

sirvente

or ��·��Գٱ��

[ ser-vent; French seer-vahnt ]

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noun

plural sirventes

a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.

sirvente

/ ��əˈ��ɛ�Գ� /

noun

a verse form employed by the troubadours of Provence to satirize moral or political themes

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sirvente¹

1810–20; back formation from �ʰ��Ǳ��ç�� sirventes literally, pertaining to a servant, i.e., lover (the -s being taken as plural sign). See servant, -ese

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sirvente¹

C19: via French from �ʰ��Ǳ��ç�� sirventes song of a servant (that is, of a lover serving his mistress), from sirvent a servant, from Latin ��ī�� to serve

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Palacio Sirvente de Mieres An elegant and well-equipped former palace in the old center of Andújar.

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A sirvente by an anonymous troubadour shows how anxiously he was expected in Languedoc.

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Sirvente, sir-vont′, n. a satirical song of the 12th-13th century trouv�res and troubadours.

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The Sermintese or Serventese, it may be parenthetically said, was a form of satirical and occasional lyric adapted from the �ʰ��Ǳ��ç�� Sirvente.

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Again, the �ʰ��Ǳ��ç�� sirvente is represented by the northern serventois, a poem in Chanson form, but occupied instead of love with war, satire, religion, and miscellaneous matters.

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