psalmody

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Then the organ struck up its solemn psalmody, and was followed by the gay music of the band.

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  1. noun The act or practice of singing psalms in divine worship.
  2. noun The composition or arranging of psalms for singing.
  3. noun A collection of psalms.

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  • I could not put up with it for half an hour without getting a violent headache All this forms a sort of psalmody, possessing neither tune nor time. —  Musicians of To-Day
  • Prayer and psalmody were to have their stated hours, but by no means to intrude on those devoted to useful labour. —  The Hermits
  • Still harmless are these occupations That hurt none but the hapless student, Compared with other recreations    Which bring together the imprudent We are sorry to hear so bad an account of the college-psalmody, as is contained in the following attic stanzas Our choir could scarcely be excused Even as a band of raw beginners; All mercy now must be refused    To such a set of croaking sinners. —  The Life of Lord Byron
  • By the way, the form of our worship today, especially the first half of the service, what we call the Service of the Word -- psalmody, singing, Scripture readings, exposition of the word, prayers -- we are still following this basic synagogue pattern. —  Latest Articles
  • It is a somber service held during the week before Easter-three hours of melancholy psalmody, chanted in a foreign tongue and, at the end when the final candle on the hearse is extinguished, enveloped in complete darkness. —  The Harvard Crimson :: News
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  1. Middle English psalmodie, from Late Latin psalmōdia, from Greek psalmōidiā, singing to the harp : psalmos, psalm; see psalm + ōidē, aoidē, song; see ode.

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  1. from Middle English psalmody, from Old French (and F.) psalmodie = Provencal psalmodia = Spanish salmodía = Italian salmodia = Portuguese psalmodia, from Middle Latin psalmodia, from Greek ψαλμῳδία, a singing to the harp, from (Middle Greek) ψαλμῳδεῑν, sing to the harp, from ψαλμός, a song (see psalm),+ ἀείδειν, ᾳδειν, sing: see ode.
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