psaltery
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psaltery
- /ˈsɒl.tə.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈsɒl.tɹi/ UK
- /ˈsɔːl-/ UK
- /ˈsɔl.tə.ɹi/ US
- /ˈsɑl.tə.ɹi/ US
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A learned alteration of Middle English sauterie, sautrie (rarely psautry), from Old French psalterie, from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “stringed instrument, psaltery, harp”), from ψάλλω (psállō, “to touch sharply, to pluck, to pull, to twitch” and in the case of the strings of musical instruments, “to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, and not with the plectron”). Doublet of psalter, psalterion, and psalterium. Cognate of psalm and psalmody.
noun psalteries · psaltry · sawtry
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A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
And at the dedication of the wall of Ieruſalem, they ſought the Leuites out of all their places, to bꝛing them to Ieruſalem, to keepe the dedication with gladneſſe, both with thankeſgiuings and with ſinging, with cymbals, pſalteries, and with harpes.
Similar: psalterion, psalterium, psalter
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noun instrument
| Español | salterio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 프살테리움 peusalterium, 솔터리 solteori |
| 日本語 | プサルタリー pusarutarī |
| 中文 | 薩泰里琴 sàtàilǐqín |
| Português | saltério |
| Deutsch | Psalter |
| Italiano | salterio |
| Ελληνικά | ψαλτήριο psaltírio |
| Română | alăută, psalterion |
| Русский | псалтерион psalterion |
| العربية | سُنْطُور آلَةْ مُوسِيقِيَّة sunṭūr ʔālat mūsīqiyya |
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title = {psaltery},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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