Psalter
Americannoun
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the Biblical book of Psalms.
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(sometimes lowercase) a psalmbook.
noun
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another name for Psalms, esp in the version in the Book of Common Prayer
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a translation, musical, or metrical version of the Psalms
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a devotional or liturgical book containing a version of Psalms, often with a musical setting
Etymology
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)
Example Sentences
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The show includes a fragment from the 1459 Mainz Psalter, the second-oldest dated piece of printing from movable type in the West.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022
The Breeches Edition recently returned to Pittsburgh also had an attached hymnal known as a metrical Psalter - the book of Psalms set to musical notation, he said.
From Washington Times • May 11, 2019
Where Latin versions of a psalm say God "impedivit" the Israelites, the Psalter translates this as "empedecad".
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2016
The Psalter, then, affirms both the communion-seeking and kingdom- seeking kinds of prayer.
From MSNBC • Nov. 7, 2014
The busyness that went on in the island, the bee-keeping and the rook-scaring and the ploughing with oxen: for these you must look in the Lutterell Psalter, where they are beautifully drawn.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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