psalmodize, psalmodise ( l silent; or as psalmodise)

i. [Eng. psalmod ( y ); -ize, -ise.] To sing psalms; to practice psalmody. ( Cooper: Ver-vert, c. ii.) psalm-o-dỹ (I silent), psăl-mo-dỹ, subst . [Fr. psalmodie , from Low Lat. psalmodia ; Gr. psalmo dia =a singing to the harp: psalmos a psalm, and öde = a song; Sp. & Ital. salmodia ; Port. psalm odia .] 1. The act, art, or practice, of singing psalms or sacred songs; psalm is try. "They that allot any constant part of their time to private psalmody ." -Hammond: Works, iv. 7. 2. Psalms collectively; metrical versions of the Psalms to which short airs are either set or adapted. psalm-o-dỹ ( l silent), *psăl-mo-dỹ, verb trans. [PSALMODY, 8.] To celebrate in psalms; to sing. "An event which may still psalmodied."-Carlyle: Miscellanies, iv. 119. be celebrated and psăl-mo-grăph, s . [Eng. psalm ; o connective, and suff. -graph .] A writer or composer of psalms or sacred songs or hymns; a psalmist. psalm-og-ra-pher, *psalm-og-ra-phist ( l silent), *psăl-mog-ra-pher, *psăl-mog-raphist, subst . [Eng. psalmograph (y); -er, -ist.] A psalmograph (q. v.). "The psalmographer , that for the well tuning of his tongue is called the Sweet Singer of Israel."- Adams : Taming of the Tongue , p. 264. psăl-mog-ra-phỹ, *psalm-og-ra-phỹ ( 1 silent), 8. [PSALMOGRAPH.] The act or practice of writing or composing psalms or sacred songs.