From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Psalm \Psalm\, n. [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.
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Humus devout and holy psalms
Singing everlastingly. --Milton.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Psalm \Psalm\, v. t.
To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.
--Sylvester.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psalm
n 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
v 1: sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"
From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]:
psalm
psalm
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
psalm /psɑlm/
psalm
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