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Psalmodist

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psalm·o·dy  (säm-d, slm-)
n. pl. psalm·o·dies
1. The act or practice of singing psalms in divine worship.
2. The composition or arranging of psalms for singing.
3. A collection of psalms.

[Middle English psalmodie, from Late Latin psalmdia, from Greek psalmidi, singing to the harp : psalmos, psalm; see psalm + id, aoid, song; see ode.]

psalmo·dist n.


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London: Broderip & Wilkinson, 1806]), Aaron Williams (New Universal Psalmodist [London: author, 1770; 6th ed.
xi); that "most [early American] psalmodists were experienced composers" (p.
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, Francis Hopkinson, the First American Poet-Composer (1737-1791), and James Lyon, Patriot, Preacher, Psalmodist (1735-1794) (Washington, DC: H.
 
 
 
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