Psalter
[sawl-ter]
noun
the Biblical book of Psalms.
(sometimes lowercase) a psalmbook.
Origin of Psalter
before 900; < Late Latin psaltērium the Psalter, Latin: a psaltery < Greek psaltḗrion stringed instrument; replacing Middle English sauter (< Anglo-French < Late Latin) and Old English saltere (< Late Latin, as above)
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The Psalter, portions of the Bible, lives of saints, were put into verse.
A Literary History of the English PeopleJean Jules Jusserand
You will read out from the psalter all the evening, and up to midnight.
Russian Fairy TalesW. R. S. Ralston
There was no help for it, so the Soldier took to his psalter and read and read.
Russian Fairy TalesW. R. S. Ralston
In 1568 other printers produced in Moscow the Psalter, and other books.
A Survey of Russian Literature, with SelectionsIsabel Florence Hapgood
Mildred adorned her psalter with the ravished hair and sent it to her mother.
Early Double MonasteriesConstance Stoney
Psalter
noun
Word Origin for Psalter
Old English psaltere, from Late Latin psaltērium, from Greek psaltērion stringed instrument, from psallein to play a stringed instrument
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