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    psalter

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Christianity
    psal·ter /ˈsɔːltə $ ˈsɒːltər/ noun [countable]  RRCa book containing the psalms from the Bible 〔《圣经》中的〕《诗篇》歌集
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    psalter• It was fashioned of sandalwood, beautifully carved, and no larger than was needed to hold a psalter.• Strasbourg was also the birthplace of the modest first Calvinist psalter in 1539.• She lifted out the illuminated psalter within and handed it to him.• I didn't cycle past much after that and kept my eyes on psalters and hymn-books.• The widow of Sir Brian Stapleton left a collection of books which included Rolle's psalter.    Origin psalter (800-900) Latin psalterium, from Greek psalterion, from psallein “to play on a stringed instrument”
    psal·ter nounChineseSyllable
    containing the psalms Corpus a the from book


    psalter
    psal‧ter /ˈsɔːltə $ ˈsɒːltər/ noun [countable]
     Date: 800-900
     Language: Latin
     Origin: psalterium, from Greek psalterion, from psallein 'to play on a stringed instrument'
    a book containing the psalms from the Bible


    psal·terBrE /ˈsɔːltə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɔːltər/ 🔊 nouna book containing a collection of songs and poems, (called psalms), with their music, that is used in a church 圣咏集；诗篇集