psalmody
noun
the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
psalmodies
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pluralof psalmody.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The psalmodies were performed in the true Yankee style of nasal-melody, and at proper and seasonable intervals the preachings were delivered.
From A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by S. A. (Simon Ansley) Ferrall
He seemed to like to give to his thoughts for text these funereal psalmodies filled with the vision of the other world.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
After the psalmodies, the bells, the peals, and knells and offices, the sound of these little girls burst forth on a sudden more sweetly than the noise of bees.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
