Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A book containing the book of Psalms or a particular version of, musical setting for, or selection from it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [capitalized] The Book of Psalms, considered as a separate book of the Old Testament: usually restricted to those versions of or compends from it which are arranged especially for the services of the church, such as the version of the Psalms in the Book of Common Prayer.
- noun In liturgics, that portion of the Psalms appointed for a given day or service.
- noun In the Roman Catholic Church: A series of devout utterances or aspirations, 150 in number, in honor of certain mysteries, as the sufferings of Christ.
- noun A large chaplet or rosary, consisting of 150 beads, corresponding to the number of the Psalms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Book of Psalms; -- often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.
- noun Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a collection of Psalms for liturgical use
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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An Unterlinden Psalter from the latter half of the thirteenth century is non-ferial. 87 It does contain the responsories and versicles at the beginning with tonary and modes, but also includes a calendar, and then a non-ferial Psalter, unadorned with antiphons or any other material.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Late-thirteenth-century ferial Psalter from a female Dominican house in Strasbourg.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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"Ein Psalter aus dem Freiburger Katharinenkloster."
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Büttner, F.O. "Andachtsbuch und Andachtsbild: Flämische Beispiele einer nichtnarrativen Ikonographie in Psalter, Studenbuch und Gebetbuch."
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Sometimes I go to the point of wishing that all the melodies of the pleasant songs to which David’s Psalter is adapted should be banished both from my ears and from those of the Church itself.
That's the moment I woke up, thank the Lord Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Sometimes I go to the point of wishing that all the melodies of the pleasant songs to which David’s Psalter is adapted should be banished both from my ears and from those of the Church itself.
Archive 2008-11-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Composed of the 150 Psalms contained in the Old Testament, the Psalter was a compilation of lyrical songs of praise directed at God.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Since the Psalter was arranged with little distinction to monastic order, it is often difficult to ascertain the provenance of many of these texts.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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The question was raised long ago and has been much discussed in recent times, whether the subject of the Psalter is the individual or the church; and till very recently the opinion has been gaining ground that the experience and aspiration of the Psalter are not personal and individual, but that in it is heard the collective voice of the church.
Introduction to the Old Testament John Edgar McFadyen
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Thus the Psalter was a mighty contribution in one direction, as the synagogue in another, to the development of spiritual religion.
Introduction to the Old Testament John Edgar McFadyen
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