psalmist

[sah-mist]

noun

an author of psalms.

the Psalmist, David, the traditional author of the Psalms.

Origin of psalmist

From the Late Latin word psalmista, dating back to 1475–85. See psalm, -ist

Related formsan·ti·psalm·ist, noun, adjective

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Historical Examples of psalmist

The Psalmist says distinctly that God has commanded his angels to guide us in all our ways.
The Phantom World
Augustin Calmet
Let us imitate the psalmist: "We will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings."
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence
Various
Only to-day the words of the Psalmist were revealed to me. '
Legends of the Rhine
Wilhelm Ruland
So the psalmist says, “The righteous shall not lack anything that is good.”
The Way of All Flesh
Samuel Butler
Yea, the Psalmist crieth, ‘Numquid adhaeret Tibi sedes iniquitatis?’
In Convent Walls
Emily Sarah Holt

British Dictionary definitions for psalmist

psalmist

noun

the composer of a psalm or psalms, esp (when capital and preceded by the) David, traditionally regarded as the author of The Book of Psalms

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Word Origin and History for psalmist

late 15c. (replacing psalmistre, late 14c.), from Middle French psalmiste and directly from Church Latin psalmista, from Ecclesiastical Greek psalmistes, from psalmizein "to sing psalms," from psalmos (see psalm).