psalmist

[ sah-mist ]

/ ˈsɑ mɪst /

noun

an author of psalms.

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

Nearby words

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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Examples from the Web for psalmist

The psalmist dwells on the picture, reiterating the comparison in ver.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2|Alexander Maclaren
But as the essential idea of the Psalmist is preserved in the common version, I employ it as peculiarly illustrative and forcible.
The Crown of Thorns|E. H. Chapin
If so, the king's restoration would be the condition of satisfying the psalmist's longing for the sanctuary.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2|Alexander Maclaren
Very beautifully and profoundly does the psalmist ask, in vv.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III|Alexander Maclaren

For sinful men in the miry pit the rope is already let down, and their grasping it is the same act as the psalmist's cry.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III|Alexander Maclaren

British Dictionary definitions for psalmist

psalmist

/ (ˈsɑːmɪst) /

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

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).