Psalter
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- noun
- /ˈsɔltər/
- Literature
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Salterio
- In common medieval representations, Christ on the cross is flanked by Mary to his right and by John the Evangelist to his left; innumerable Psalter images testify to this.
- Khludov Psalter
Examples
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She found comfort in reading the Psalter every evening before bed.
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Illustrated Psalter books furnish a record of this perception.
Academic text (2006) -
And some of those practices include things like prayer, you know, engaging in memorizing the Psalter, you know, all sorts of things along those lines.
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Alternatively, the psalter may be prayed in course, that is, consecutively, over the course of a month.
Blog text (1) -
To thaw the queen, Fulk gave her a special present: the sumptuous psalter that bears her name.
Academic text (2011) -
But now she labored through the old tales, finger plodding from word to word, returning now and again to the Psalter as to a refrain.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the preface miniature of the Khludov Psalter, sight and sound are linked (Fig. 12).
Academic text (2006) -
Many churches use the Psalter during their services for communal prayer.
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The choir sang selections from the Psalter during the special liturgical celebration.
Synonyms
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A book in the Bible with religious songs, prayers, and poems used in Jewish and Christian worship
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A book in the Bible with 150 religious songs and poems often linked to King David
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Psalter comes from a Greek word psaltērion that meant a 'stringed instrument' used to play songs. It has the same root as psalm, a 'song of praise', so a Psalter came to mean a book of those songs used in prayer.