psalm

psalm (säm)

1. A sacred song; a hymn.

2. Psalms (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Ps. See Table at Bible.

tr.v. psalmed, psalm·ing, psalms

To sing of or celebrate in psalms.

[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos, from psallein, to play the harp; see pl- in Indo-European roots.]

psalm [sɑːm]

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (often capital) any of the 150 sacred songs, lyric poems, and prayers that together constitute a book (Psalms) of the Old Testament

2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (Music, other) a musical setting of one of these poems

3. (Music, other) (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) any sacred song or hymn

[Old English, from Late Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos song accompanied on the harp, from psallein to play (the harp)]

psalmic adj

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Noun	1.	Psalm - one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
	2.	psalm - any sacred song used to praise the deity religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
Verb	1.	psalm - sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God" music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

psalm

noun hymn, carol, chant, paean, song of praise He recited the twenty-third psalm.

Translations

psalm [sɑːm] N → salmo m

psalm [ˈsɑːm] n → psaume m

psalm

n → Psalm m; (the Book of) Psalms → der Psalter; psalm book → Psalmenbuch nt

psalm [sɑːm] n → salmo

psalm

n psalm [saːm]

a sacred song, especially one from the Book of Psalms in the Bible. psalm مَزْمور псалм žalm salme der Psalm ψαλμός salmo kirikulaul, psalm سرود مذهبی psalmi psaume מִזמוֹר भजन zsoltár mazmur sálmur salmo 賛美歌 성가, 찬송가 psalmė, giesmė psalms psalm psalm salme psalm salmo psalm псалом žalm hvalospev psalm psalm เพลงสวด ilâhi 聖歌 псалом مناجات، بھجن bài thánh ca 圣歌

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The coins abstracted and the missive written, he could not be gone too soon from the scene of these transgressions; and remembering how his father had once returned from church, on some slight illness, in the middle of the second psalm, he durst not even make a packet of a change of clothes.

Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

When the ceremony of plighting troth was over, the beadle spread before the lectern in the middle of the church a piece of pink silken stuff, the choir sang a complicated and elaborate psalm, in which the bass and tenor sang responses to one another, and the priest turning round pointed the bridal pair to the pink silk rug.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

"It is a fatted calf from the pastures of Bashan," said the Pharisee, "the heathen have dealt wonderfully with us ----let us raise up our voices in a psalm --let us give thanks on the shawm and on the psaltery-on the harp and on the huggab-on the cythern and on the sackbut

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

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