单词 | psalmody |
释义 | psalmodyn. 1. a. The action, practice, or art of singing psalms (or sacred vocal music in general, including hymns and anthems), esp. in public worship; †an act of psalm-singing (obsolete). N.E.D. (1909) interpreted quot. 1664 as illustrating a sense ‘a place where psalms are sung; the choir of a church’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > [noun] > making or reciting of psalmodyc1450 psalmonizing1483 psalmodyinga1500 psalmistrya1600 psalmodizing1759 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > singing of psalms psalmodyc1450 psalmistrya1600 psalming1629 society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > choir > [noun] chorea1100 choirc1325 church choir1658 psalmody1664 ritual choir1848 schola cantorum1862 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 178 (MED) Nowder þe abbott nor þe priour cuthe bryng þaim vnto þe psalmodie agayn. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 107 Salmody, psalmodia. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) v. 1 Lord, persayue my wordis, that is, the psalmodye of my mouth. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.viiv In prayer and psalmody, for his helthe and solace. 1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne sig. Nniiv Wtin it geue your selues to psalmody & prayers. 1632 H. Hawkins tr. G. P. Maffei Fuga Sæculi 325 This same proposition..held him exceedingly in suspence, and greatly distracted him in his Psalmody, and in the other diuine Offices. 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) Pref. sig. A5 It is recorded, that he went often into the Psalmody and sung himself. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Cor. xiv. 26 Let all your Gifts, whether of Psalmody, or Doctrine, or Languages, or Revelation, or Interpretation, be used to Edification. a1711 T. Ken Sion ii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 363 When God the grace of Psalmody infus'd. 1789 R. Burns Let. 4 June (2001) I. 415 Mrs. Burns..has a glorious ‘wood-note wild’ at either old song or psalmody. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 151 The passion for psalmody itself is a portion of the history of the Reformation. 1868 R. L. Stevenson Let. July in Scribner's Mag. (1899) 25 31/1 As we went home we heard singing... It was a psalmody class. 1911 ‘M. Field’ Messiah ii. ii, in Accuser 190 We may not make beautiful our houses or lift our voices from their roofs in psalmody. 1963 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 12 Sept. 8/1 He..taught the children psalmody and straight singing. 1992 Independent 6 Apr. 3/2 The round of psalmody and work goes on until 7.45 pm, and bedtime. b. The arrangement of psalms for singing or recitation; psalms and hymns so arranged collectively. Also: a particular arrangement of psalms and hymns. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > [noun] > collectively psalmody1554–5 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > psalm > collectively psalmody1554–5 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 4051 (MED) All þe matyns tyme he stode And psalmody sange and sayde. a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 104 At þe lessons whan þey schul sey psalmodi: þan þey schul sey distinctly & atrete. 1554–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 399 Paid for a boke of salmede, ij s. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms cl. 4 That grave and simple Psalmodie..(so much used of old, and by this blessed Reformation restored to the Church). 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum ii. vi. 272 He that can sing Divine Service in the Province of York, may without new instruction be utterly to seek in the Psalmodie of Canterbury. 1718 Watts (title) A short essay toward the improvement of psalmody. 1718 Watts Wks. (1813) IX. 7 We are to suit part of our psalmody to the gospel-state, as well as borrow part from the Old Testament. 1812 G. Crabbe Let. 21 Dec. in Sel. Lett. & Jrnls. (1985) i. 96 Their purpose to ask [my ass]istance in furnishing, Hymns, short translations fro[m] Parts of the old or new T.—or anything that might suit the purpose of those..making up a Book of Scotch Psalmody. 1879 M. Pattison Milton vii. 89 Milton's paraphrase of the Psalms belongs to history, but to the history of psalmody, not that of poetry. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 799/2 Catching the impulse from Hilary and confirmed in it by the success of Arian psalmody, Ambrose composed several hymns. 1970 Van Wert (Ohio) Times-Bull. 16 Mar. 8/6 The latter [sc. the Bay Psalm Book] was issued without tunes, leaving choice of psalmody to individual congregations. 1992 T. Portsmouth et al. In Tune with Heaven (BNC) 182 Psalms for Today and Songs from the Psalms..offer a useful collection of psalmody. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Psalms psaltereOE the PsalmsOE psalm songOE psalm booka1200 psalter booka1200 psalmody1542 psaltery1628 1542 T. Becon Dauids Harpe sig. aviiv Certes the Psalmody of Dauid maye well be called ye Treasure house of the holye Scripture. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 48 Thus spoken by the proffitt in the psalmodie. 1622 R. Aylett Thrifts Equipage 6 Dauid doth the onely way aduise, In his most sweet diuinest Psalmody. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). psalmodyv. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > sing psalms [verb (intransitive)] psalmOE psalmody?a1475 psalmodizea1513 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing psalms psalmOE psalmody?a1475 psalmodizea1513 ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 360 Of qwyche hefne and erthe eche tyme pshalmodyeth. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclixv/1 They herde the sayd Joseph & his brethern whiche songen and psalmodyed. 2. transitive. To celebrate as though in a psalm; to sing the praises of; (also) to sing as if a psalm. ΚΠ 1837 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Apr. 234 The French Revolution..is an event which can..still be celebrated and psalmodied. 1983 M. Singher Interpretive Guide Operatic Arias 283 The text of the ritual Ave Maria is psalmodied like a murmur. 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