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psalmist|ˈsɑːmɪst, ˈsælmɪst|
[ad. late L. psalmista (5th c. Jerome), f. psalm-us: see -ist. In OF. psalmistre (12th c.), psalmiste, salmiste, saumiste, samistre; mod.F. psalmiste. Cf. Ger., Du., Da. psalmist.]
1. The author of a psalm or psalms; almost always with def. art. as a title for David considered as the author of the Psalms, or as a designation of the author of any one of them.
1483Caxton Cato G viij b, As the psalmyste sayth. 1539Bible (Great) 2 Sam. xxiii. 2 The noble Psalmist of Israel. 1623Gouge Serm. Extent God's Provid. §4 The Psalmist noteth it as a branch of Gods incomparable glory. a1720J. Hughes Div. Poetry 23 She tun'd to pious notes the psalmist's lyre. 1838[see psalm B. 1]. 1875Manning Mission H. Ghost iv. 103 To say out of the depth of your own experience what the Psalmist said. 1890Kirkpatrick Bk. Psalms i. Introd. i. 10 The Psalmists celebrate the moral law as the guide of human conduct. 1895Ibid. ii. xliv. 235 A Maccabaean Psalmist.
2. Eccl. A member of one of the minor clerical orders (formerly recognized in some sections of the Church) discharging the functions of a chorister or cantor. Hist.
1565Jewel Def. Apol. ii. iii. (1567) 98 The Psalmistes or Singers office was, to singe the Psalmes. 1624Bedell Lett. xi. 140 As if all that are made Priests among you were Psalmists, Sextens, Readers, Exorcists, Torch⁓bearers, Subdeacons, and Deacons before. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 184 Some in the [i.e. the Roman] Church exclude a Bishop; and others therein make nine Orders, by including the Bishop and Psalmist. 1829Southey All for Love ix. ii, Choristers and Monks and Priests And Psalmists there, and Exorcists. 1901Bp. J. Wordsworth Ministry of Grace 197 Psalmists or choirmen are not mentioned in the Church till the latter half of the fourth century.
3. As the title of a book of psalmody, or of a tune-book for use in public worship.
1842(title) The Psalmist. 1858(title) The Congregational Psalmist: a Companion to all the New Hymn-books, providing Tunes, Chorales, and Chants [etc.].
4. fig. One who extols or ‘sings the praises’ of some one or something. rare.
1884West. Morn. News 11 Sept. 4/3 The psalmists of the rising diplomatist tell how..he succeeded in Syria.
5. attrib. and Comb. (in sense 1).
1843Carlyle Past & Pr. ii. xvi, A kind of Psalmist solemnity. 1858― Fredk. Gt. ix. iii. (1872) III. 86 Going out to witness it, with something of a poetic, almost of a psalmist feeling. 1892Espinasse Voltaire xi. 177 He breaks forth into almost Psalmist-like praises of the wisdom and beneficence of the Creator. |