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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An epithet prefixed to thirteen psalms (32, 42, 44, 45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88, 89, and 142). It probably means ‘a contemplative composition,’ but the true significance is not certainly known.

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  • Dortas Abr.ej. filius, maschil, scu intel - ligentts titulo condecoratus; Prov. textum disposuit et impresiit.

    Annales Hebraeo-typographici sec. XV De Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo, 1742-1831 1795

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