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Use "masques" in a sentence
"But very early in this reign plays gave place to the more costly and elaborate entertainments called masques, but which were very different from the dumb-show masques of Elizabeth's reign, the masquerades of Henry the Eighth, and the low-buffoonery masques of earlier times."
"In the account of the "masques" of girls to entertain Smith at"
"Jones also designed stage sets for masques and plays, by Ben Jonson among others, many staged at Banqueting House."