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