psalterium

American  

[sawl-teer-ee-uhm] / sɔlˈtɪər i əm /

noun

Zoology.

plural

psalteria

1. the omasum.

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psalterium British  

/ sɔːlˈtɪərɪəm /

noun

1. Also called: omasum.  the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants, between the reticulum and abomasum

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Other Word Forms

• psalterial adjective

Etymology

Origin of psalterium

1855–60; < Late Latin psaltērium the Psalter, the folds of the omasum being likened to the leaves of a book

Example Sentences

The dulcimer differed from the psalterium or psaltery chiefly in the manner of playing, the latter having the strings plucked by means of fingers or plectrum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Ordinarium divini officii et psalterium vespertinum per hebodomadam dispositum, no.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1956 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Quum ergo venisset beatus Franciscus ad locum ubi erat ille novitius, dixit ille novitius: "Pater, mihi esset magna consolatio habere psalterium, sed licet generalis illud mihi concesserit, tamen vellem ipsum habere, pater, de conscientia tua."

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

Fol. 54a, Colophon: Explicit translacio soliloquiorum siue psalterij beatissimi Ieronimi eusebii presbiteri quod ad peticionem soffronij transtulit ut in epistolam ante psalterium impressa praemittitur etc.

From Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University by Van Name, Addison

Item aliud psalterium glosatum inpignoratum penes Isabellam Siccadona.

From Notes and Queries, Number 02, November 10, 1849 by Various