psalmistryn.
/ˈsɑːmᵻstri/, U.S. /ˈsɑ(l)məstri/ The composition or singing of psalms; the art of the psalmist, psalmody.
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society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > [noun] > making or reciting of
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > singing of psalms
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a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 101 In sanctuar for to make ceremonie, Witht..psalmistrie for to be said and sung.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης i. 10 From such a kind of Psalmistry, or any other verbal Devotion, without the pledge and earnest of sutable deeds.
1650 J. Cotton Singing of Psalmes 37 He would inspire some or other Member of the Church with such a..Spirit of Psalmistry.
1797 T. Park Sonnets xvi. 16 His harp was tun'd to heavenly psalmistry.
1923 Mod. Philol. 21 69 Shakespeare associated weavers with psalm singing..but unless James's psalmistry helped in fixing Bottom's trade, it does not appear in the play.
1960 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 14 Jan. 21/2 She..traced the beginnings of hymns and psalmistry in American churches.
1996 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 18 July 9 At its best, the trio pulls off remarkable feats of Rasta psalmistry, little epiphanies of earnest, honestly evoked lyrics of faith and struggle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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