psalm
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
psalm /sɑːm/
▶noun a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those contained in the biblical Book of Psalms.
■ (the Psalms or the Book of Psalms) a book of the Bible comprising a collection of religious verses, sung or recited in both Jewish and Christian worship.
– derivatives
psalmic adjective,
psalmist noun.
psalmic adjective,
psalmist noun.
– origin OE (p)sealm, via eccles. L. from Gk psalmos ‘song sung to harp music’.
'psalm' also found in these Oxford entries:
antiphon
- chant
- de profundis
- introit
- Jubilate
- miserere
- proper
- Ps.
- responsorial
- Venite
