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| mad·ri·gal [ máddrig'l ] (plural mad·ri·gals) |
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1. English part song: a song with parts for several usually unaccompanied voices that was popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries
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2. medieval Italian song: a secular Italian song of the 13th and 14th centuries, written for two or three unaccompanied voices singing in harmony
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3. lyric poem: a short pastoral or love poem suitable for singing as a madrigal
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| [Late 16th century. < Italian< Latin matricalis "of the mother" < matrix (see matrix)] |
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  mad·ri·gal·ist noun |
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