PSALM


Meaning of PSALM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsäm, ˈsälm, ˈsȯm, ˈsȯlm ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English psealm, from Late Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos, literally, twanging of a harp, from psallein to pluck, play a stringed instrument

Date: before 12th century

: a sacred song or poem used in worship ; especially : one of the biblical hymns collected in the Book of Psalms

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