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Definition of 'psalm'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) psalm
a sacred song or hymn.

2. psalm
(cap.) any of the songs, hymns, or prayers contained in the Book of Psalms.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME s(e)alm(e), OE ps(e)alm < LL psalmus < Gk psalmós song sung to the harp, der. of psállein to pluck, play (the harp))

Definition of 'psalm'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Psalm
one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David

2. (verb) psalm
any sacred song used to praise the deity

3. (verb) psalm
sing or celebrate in psalms
"He psalms the works of God"

Definition of 'psalm'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) psalm
a sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God

2. (noun) psalm
especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship

3. (verb) psalm
to extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises

Translation of 'psalm'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a sacred song, especially one from the Book of Psalms in the Bible.
Afrikaans: psalm	Arabic: مَزْمور	Bulgarian: псалм
Brazilian: salmo	Czech: žalm	German: der Psalm
Danish: salme	Greek: ψαλμός	Spanish: salmo
Estonian: kirikulaul, psalm	Farsi: سرود مذهبی	Finnish: psalmi
French: psaume	Hebrew: מִזמוֹר	Hindi: भजन
Hungarian: zsoltár	Indonesian: mazmur	Icelandic: sálmur
Italian: salmo	Japanese: 賛美歌	Korean: 성가, 찬송가
Lithuanian: psalmė, giesmė	Latvian: psalms	Malay: psalm
Dutch: psalm	Norwegian: salme	Polish: psalm
Persian: سرود مذهبی	Pashto: دينى يا مذهبى سرود	Portuguese: salmo
Romanian: psalm	Russian: псалом	Slovak: žalm
Slovenian: hvalospev	Serbian: psalm	Swedish: psalm
Thai: เพลงสวด	Turkish: ilâhi	Taiwanese: 聖歌
Ukrainian: псалом	Urdu: مناجات، بھجن	Vietnamese: bài thánh ca
Chinese: 圣歌
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