psalm

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /sɑːm/
• (America) IPA: /sɑm/, /sɑlm/

Noun

psalm (plural psalms)

1. (religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
2. One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.

Related terms

• psalter

Translations

• French: psaume
• German: Psalm
• Italian: salmo
• Portuguese: salmo
• Russian: псало́м
• Spanish: salmo

Translations

• French: psaume
• German: Psalm
• Italian: salmo
• Portuguese: salmo
• Russian: псало́м
• Spanish: salmo

Verb

psalm (psalms, present participle psalming; past and past participle psalmed)

1. To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing

   to psalm his praises.

   • 2012, George D. Manjounes, Good Morning, Morning Glory

     I psalmed like a Moslem high in his mosque. And like a Greek priest, I sang the divine liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

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