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A consort of instruments was a phrase used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate an instrumental ensemble. These could consist of the same or a variety of instruments.

consort, in music, instrumental ensemble popular in England during the 16th and 17th centuries. The word consort was also used to indicate the music itself and the performance.

In English early Baroque music, a broken consort is an ensemble featuring instruments from more than one family, for example a group featuring both string and wind instruments.

“Broken consorts” are just called that because in the Queen's English, Elizabethan style, “broken” sometimes meant “mixed.” A “broken consort” is a “mixed consort,” that is, a group of different kinds of instrument playing together, like violin with flute, lute, and viola da gamba.

to spend a lot of time in the company of a particular group of people, especially people whose character is not approved of: They claimed he had been consorting with drug dealers.

A consort is the title for the wife or husband of a monarch. In the past consorts have mostly been queens consort. A royal consort has no constitutional power but supports their spouse in his or her duties as sovereign.

early 15c., "partner" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French consort "colleague, partner," consorte "wife" (14c.), from Latin consortem (nominative consors) "partner, comrade; brother, sister," in Medieval Latin, "a wife," noun use of adjective meaning "having the same lot, of the same fortune," from assimilated form ...

noun. a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.: Compare prince consort, queen consort. one vessel or ship accompanying another.

The role of The Queen's consort is primarily to provide companionship and moral and practical support to the Monarch. The consort does not hold a formal position in the structure of government and The Duke did not see State papers or hold official audiences.

/ˈkɑːn.sɔːrt/ a wife or husband, especially of a ruler: The Emperor Napoleon III and his consort lived sedately in an apartment in the Tuileries. When her husband was crowned she became Queen Consort.

She still holds the title and the crown, but doesn't have the same political or military powers as a king. This describes Camilla, who will be crowned alongside Charles at the ceremony. "Consort" means you're a monarch, but not entitled to rule, says Gullace. And it applies to men too.

/ˈkɑːn.sɔːrt/ a wife or husband, especially of a ruler: The Emperor Napoleon III and his consort lived sedately in an apartment in the Tuileries. When her husband was crowned she became Queen Consort.