Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who sings psalms; especially, one who holds that the congregational singing of psalms is a necessary part of all church worship.
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Examples
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Now though psalms are good songs, and in accordance with his vocation, I did not mean to imply that he was a mere psalm-singer.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827 Various
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They 've been at her about that pious psalm-singer Clement Scott.
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T 'auld girl hates t' psalm-singer, an 'she' ll do the job for ye.
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Who knows, in time I may become as respectable a psalm-singer as that holy swab, Clement Scott, your father's so fond of quoting.
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"The boss must be a good man, him being a sort of psalm-singer," Bill ventured, guilelessly.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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His first coadjutor, his nephew Sechnall, died about this time, or earlier, and Benignus, Irish secretary and psalm-singer to the saint, was chosen to succeed Sechnall in the office of coadjutor; so, we may fairly assume, he became the first rector of the School of Armagh.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Most authorities have identified St. Patrick's psalm-singer with the St. Benignus who founded Kilbannon, near Tuam, but it is certain, from Tirechán's collections in the Book of Armagh, that St. Benignus of Armagh and St. Benignus of Kilbannon were two distinct persons.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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From his musical acquirements he was known as "Patrick's psalm-singer", and he drew thousands of souls to Christ by his sweet voice.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Tell him that, master psalm-singer, and let him judge whether you lied or not.
The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini 1912
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The psalm-singer had a bass voice, hoarse and disagreeable, so that the vocal contrast was a painfully discordant one as the sound of this chanting rose to the lofty ceiling.
Sanine Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev 1902
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