Psalmist

2 definitions found

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

  Psalmist \Psalm"ist\, n. [L. psalmista, Gr. ?: cf. F. psalmiste.
     See {Psalm}.]
     1. A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title
        particularly applied to David and the other authors of the
        Scriptural psalms.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (R. C. Ch.) A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of
        music, in the church.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  psalmist
       n : a composer of sacred songs; "David is called The Psalmist
           because he is believed to be the author of the Book of
           Psalms"