 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Psalm
noun
1: 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: any sacred song used to praise the Deity
verb: sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Psalm \Psalm\, noun [OE. psalm, salm, AS. sealm, L. psalmus,
psalma, fr. Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to pull, twitch, to play upon a
stringed instrument, to sing to the harp: cf. OF. psalme,
salme, F. psaume.]
1. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the
praise or worship of God.
Humus devout and holy psalms
Singing everlastingly. --Milton.
2. 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Psalm \Psalm\, verb (used with an object)
To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.
--Sylvester.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "psalm":
Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis,
Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Negro spiritual, Nunc Dimittis,
Te Deum, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon,
antiphony, ballad, cantata, canticle, carol, celebrate, chant,
chirp, chirrup, choir, chorale, chorus, church music, croon,
cry up, descant, do-re-mi, doxology, eulogize, extol, glorify,
gospel, gospel music, hallelujah, hosanna, hum, hymn,
hymn of praise, hymn-tune, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology,
intonate, intone, introit, laud, lilt, magnify, mantra, mass,
minstrel, motet, offertory, offertory sentence, oratorio, paean,
passion, pipe, prosodion, psalmody, quaver, recessional, report,
requiem, requiem mass, response, responsory, roulade, sacred music,
serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate,
spiritual, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit,
twitter, versicle, vocalize, warble, whistle, white spiritual,
yodel
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