psaltery
Americannoun
plural
psalteries-
an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
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(initial capital letter) the Psalter.
noun
Etymology
Origin of psaltery
1300–50; Middle English sautrie < Middle French sauter(i)e < Late Latin psaltērium; see Psalter
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Example Sentences
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She strummed on a psaltery which looks like a large, shallow cigar-box with strings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beers's grandfather taught him to play the psaltery, but his real ambition was to be a concert violinist.
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But the demand for psaltery players and country fiddlers was not exactly booming.
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It is akin to the biblical instrument called the psaltery.
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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
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