psalmody[verb]Synonyms: praise, celebrate, cry up, eulogize, extol, glorify, hymn, laud, magnify, psalm
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psalmody noun & verb.
['sɑ:mǝdi, 'salm-] ME.[Late Latin
psalmodia from Greek
psalmōidia from
psalmōidos psalmist, from
psalmos (see
PSALM noun) +
ōidē song: see
-Y3. Cf.
HYMNODY.]
A.
noun.
1. The art, practice, or action of singing psalms, hymns, etc., esp. in public worship.
ME.2. The arrangement of psalms for singing; psalms and hymns so arranged collectively.
M16.B.
verb.
1.
verb intrans. =
psalmodize.
rare.
LME.2.
verb trans. Celebrate (as) in psalmody.
rare.
M19. ■ psalmodic
[sal'mɒdɪk] adjective of or pertaining to psalmody; having the style or character of psalmody;
loosely =
PSALMIC:
M18. ■ psalmodize verb intrans. use psalmody; sing a psalm or psalms:
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