psaltery

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The monastery of Besdin was founded in 1539 and a Serb-Slav psaltery which is kept there has, on p. 270, the following words: "In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

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  1. noun An ancient stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.

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  • It was originally a progressive growth from the ancient lyre, through the harp, psaltery, dulcimer, clavictherium, clavichord, virginal, spinet, harpsichord, to the piano of Christofali in the early years of the last century. —  Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
  • The psaltery is an old stringed instrument, a member of the zither family, which is like the dulcimer in that it consists of a sound box over which tunes strings are stretched, however these are plucked instead of struck. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • An epigonion is similar to a modern harp or psaltery, and is mentioned in the works of Athenaeus, the Greek rhetorician and grammarian, in 183AD. —  Signs of the Times
  • The last three soundmen that amplified my psaltery weren't even interested in hearing what it sounded like acoustically before they started 'EQing' it to sound like what they wanted. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • The monastery of Besdin was founded in 1539 and a Serb-Slav psaltery which is kept there has, on p. 270, the following words: "In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. —  The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1
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  1. Middle English psalterie, from Old French, from Latin psaltērium, from Greek psaltērion, from psallein, to play the harp; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English psalterie, sautrie, from Old French psalterie, from Latin psalterium, psaltery, also a psalter, from Greek ψαλτήριον, a stringed in strument, a psaltery, also the Psalms of David, the Psalter, from ψάλλειν, touch, twitch, play on a stringed instrument: see psalm.
 

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/ˈsɔltəri/
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