a. (n) a musical form, originating in Anglo-Saxon bards' epics, but set to music of a style considered modern for the time. That hastilude of the story of Beowulf reminded me of the songs from "Singin' In The Rain."
submitted by: gonoldothrond

b. A begging bowl with an official stamp on it, giving the beggar the legal right to beg.
submitted by: TEd guessed by: Jackie

c. A brief playlet, skit or sketch interposed between other acts in a stage show.
submitted by: Father Steve guessed by: Faldage

d. A joust or tournament. More specifically, a jousting event where two groups of knights on horseback fought each other.
submitted by: correct definition guessed by: wofa, coffeebean

e. A popular Roman drinking game
submitted by: Bingley

f. A short melodic motif producing an element of tension and resolution in music.
submitted by: Coffeebean guessed by: Father Steve, AnnaStrophic

g. a short-lived delusion
submitted by: consuelo guessed by: Elizabeth Creith, WO’N, gonoldothrond

h. A sudden change
submitted by: Alex Williams guessed by: tsuwm

i. A theatre expression indicating a brief pause between acts. Characteristically shorter than an intermission and longer than an Entr'acte.
submitted by: Kelly123 guessed by: musick

j. Boredom displayed in public situations.
submitted by: Marianna guessed by: Consuelo

k. Carl Jung's term of Jainian Karma; women are serious about existence and men are playful, men lack "hastilude" - the missing element.
submitted by: themilum

l. Coined during the Nepoleonic wars, it is the amount of time it takes to load a muzzle loading rifle during a battle.
submitted by: musick

m. Entertainment provided by medieval French troubadors during royal ceremonial events.
submitted by: AnnaStrophic guessed by:

n. swordplay
submitted by: wofahulicodoc guessed by: Alex Williams, Kelly123

o. The gait of a ferret or other long-bodied mustelid
submitted by: Elizabeth Creith guessed by: TEd

p. The period between the delta sleep stage and REM sleep, during which the second and third stages of sleep occur in reverse order.
submitted by: Jackie guessed by: Marianna, themilum, belMarduk

q. The protuberance on the proximal end of the femur to which the quadriceps is attached.
submitted by: Faldage guessed by: eta

Hastilude: Literally a ‘spear game’. Often used as a generic form for tournaments, or a "mêlée" form where knights fought as integrated groups called conroi to practice their unit skills and to capture their opponents and thus capture their horses and equipment. Sir William Marshal was perhaps the pre-eminent tourneyer in the day of the hastilude, but after his death in the early 13th century the tournament became more and more regulated, becoming a very structured pageant by the 16th century when Henry VIII and Françis I of France held the Field of the Cloth of Gold, C. 1515.

http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_h.htm#hastilude

Coffeebean's original submission was: A form of joust using special saddles which raised the knights nearly a foot higher, resulting in a shorter but more dangerous contest.

The above site has that as the definition for Hohenzeuggestech, so I asked her to re-submit.

I found this word in C. S. Lewis's The Horse and His Boy Chapter 4:

"That was my folly, Edmund," said Queen Susan, "of which I cry you mercy. Yet when he was with us in Narnia, truly this Prince bore himself in another fashion than he does now in Tashbaan. For I take you all to witness what marvellous feats he did in that great tournament and hastilude which our brother the High King made for him, and how meekly and courteously he consorted with us the space of seven days. But here, in his own city, he has shown another face."

Points, Bingley. What about awarding the points!?

DagGONE it, I nearly voted for the right one! One of these days...
Way to go, wofa and coffeebean--for your excellent def., too.

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Points, Bingley. What about awarding the points!?

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Yeah. I should get 4 points cause eta voted for mine four times.