psalmographern.
/salˈmɒɡrəfə/, U.S. /sɑ(l)ˈmɑɡrəfər/ rare after 17th cent.
A person who composes psalms; = psalmist n. 1a.
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1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Deuotion lii. 515 Let him haue in his Soule these twoo Alters: One is his superiour part, where alwayes may fume the incense of prayer, and meditation, that that of the Psalmographer [Sp. Psalmista] may be fulfilled.
1614 W. Loe Come & See 52 The Psalmographer..setteth him out in the person of Salomon to be of surpassing beauty.
1648 Hunting of Fox 10 The Psalmographers Prophecy, if applyed to these times will prove..an exact History.
1658 T. Bancroft Time's out of Tune ix. 61 That sweet Psalmographer and warlike King.
1986 J. L. Kugel in A. Green Jewish Spirituality v. 131 Mowinckel..felt compelled by the evidence to exclude wisdom psalms from cultic practice; instead, their authors were ‘learned psalmographers’ who created a liturgy fashioned for personal piety.
1992 J. A. McNamara et al. tr. Hucbald Life Rictrude, Abbess of Marchiennes in Sainted Women Dark Ages xi. 204 The Psalmographer [L. Psalmographus] says: ‘Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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