Psalm

slim, n. a sacred song. The PS , one of the books of the Old Testament. [L. psahnus —Gr. psalmos a twitching or twanging the strings of a harp, from psalld, to twang.] Ptalmlst, sdm'ist or sal'mist, n. a composer of psalms, applied to David and the writers of the Scriptural psalms. fL. —Gr.J Psalrnodlc, sal-mod'ik, Psalmodical.sal-mod'ik-al, adj. pertaining to psalmody. PBafmodlSt, sannod-ist, n a singer of psalms. Psalmody, sam'o-di or sal'mo-di, n. fhe singing of /saints: psa Inis collectively. (Gr. psalmodui, singing to tne harp—psalntos [see aw ddi, a song {see Ode).] Psalter, saw!' ter, n. the book, of Psalms, e^p. when separately printed in the E- Cath. Church, a series of 150 devout sentences: a rosary of 150 beads, according to the number of the psalms. [O. Fr. psnltier—L. psaltenum.] Psaltery, sawl t6r-i, n. a stringed instrument of the Jews. [O. Fr. psultrrte Fr. psa tenon L psalttrium -Gr. psalter i on. Cf. Psalm.]