Psalm

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Psalm \Psalm\, v. t.
     To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.
     --Sylvester.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Psalm \Psalm\, n. [OE. psalm, salm, AS. sealm, L. psalmus,
     psalma, fr. Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to pull, twitch, to play upon a
     stringed instrument, to sing to the harp: cf. OF. psalme,
     salme, F. psaume.]
     1. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the
        praise or worship of God.
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              Humus devout and holy psalms
              Singing everlastingly.                --Milton.
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     2. Especially, one of the hymns by David and others,
        collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern
        metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Psalm
       n 1: 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
       2: any sacred song used to praise the Deity
       v : sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "psalm":
     Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis,
     Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Negro spiritual, Nunc Dimittis,
     Te Deum, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon,
     antiphony, ballad, cantata, canticle, carol, celebrate, chant,
     chirp, chirrup, choir, chorale, chorus, church music, croon,
     cry up, descant, do-re-mi, doxology, eulogize, extol, glorify,
     gospel, gospel music, hallelujah, hosanna, hum, hymn,
     hymn of praise, hymn-tune, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology,
     intonate, intone, introit, laud, lilt, magnify, mantra, mass,
     minstrel, motet, offertory, offertory sentence, oratorio, paean,
     passion, pipe, prosodion, psalmody, quaver, recessional, report,
     requiem, requiem mass, response, responsory, roulade, sacred music,
     serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate,
     spiritual, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit,
     twitter, versicle, vocalize, warble, whistle, white spiritual,
     yodel