psalter, psaulter, sauter

[O. French psaltier (Fr. psautier ), from Lat. psalterium =(1) a psaltery, (2) a song sung to the psaltery, the Psalter; Sp. salterio; Ital. salterio, saltero: Port. psal terio, salterio; A. S. psaltere.] [PSALTERY.] 1. Ord. Lang .: The Book of Psalms; also a book containing the Psalms separately printed, and with musical accompaniment adapted to each; also spec if., the version of the Psalms in the English Book of Common Prayer. 2. Roman Ritual : The daily office in the Breviary. FICE.] Our Lady's Psalter : The Little Office. [OF*psal-tër-i-an, a. [Eng. psaltery ; -an.] Sweet, like the notes of a psaltery. "Warm, tremulous, devout, psalterian ." Keats: Lamia. psāl-tër-I-ŭm, s . [Lat.] [PSALTERY.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A psalter (q. v.). 2. Comp . Anat .: The omasum (q. v.).