psalm /sɑːm $ sɑːm, sɑːlm/
noun [countable][
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: psalmus, from Greek psalmos 'playing of a stringed instrument', from psallein; ⇒ psalter]
a song or poem praising God, especially in the Bible
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