metrical psalm

noun

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

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How to use metrical psalm in a sentence

The singing of the metrical psalm sounded strangely in unaccustomed ears.
Big Game | Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
He almost deserved his fate for barbarously mutilating a metrical psalm, and was evidently a proper victim of poetical justice.
The Parish Clerk (1907) | Peter Hampson Ditchfield
The morning service began with a metrical psalm--Tate and Brady--led by the clerk (of these more hereafter).
The Parish Clerk (1907) | Peter Hampson Ditchfield
The metrical psalm chosen was invariably one for the day of the month whatever it might be.
The Parish Clerk (1907) | Peter Hampson Ditchfield
It was the seventh day of the month, consequently the thirty-fifth was the metrical psalm to be sung.
The Parish Clerk (1907) | Peter Hampson Ditchfield

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