metrical psalm

British  

noun

1. a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn

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Example Sentences

A metrical psalm, being a compromise between the psalm and the hymn, like other compromises, misses, rather than combines, the distinctive excellences of the things united.

From Milton by Pattison, Mark

The religious feelings of the occasion were stirred by the singing of the grand "Old Hundredth" to the words of the metrical psalm, commencing "All people that on earth do dwell."

From A Source Book of Australian History by Swinburne, Gwendolen H.

The singing of the metrical psalm sounded strangely in unaccustomed ears.

From Big Game A Story for Girls by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

He was very economical in the use of handkerchiefs, and used the small pieces of paper on which the numbers of the metrical psalm were written.

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

A prose rendering of this metrical psalm is here attempted; the verse order, however, is preserved, though without rhythm.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright