Psalm

Noun

 * 1) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
 * 2) Especially, 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.

Derived terms

 * psalmist
 * psalmodic
 * psalmody

Related terms

 * psalter

Verb

 * 1) To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.

Thesaurus
Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis, Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Negro spiritual, Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, ballad, cantata, canticle, carol, celebrate, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorale, chorus, church music, croon, cry up, descant, do-re-mi, doxology, eulogize, extol, glorify, gospel, gospel music, hallelujah, hosanna, hum, hymn, hymn of praise, hymn-tune, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, intonate, intone, introit, laud, lilt, magnify, mantra, mass, minstrel, motet, offertory, offertory sentence, oratorio, paean, passion, pipe, prosodion, psalmody, quaver, recessional, report, requiem, requiem mass, response, responsory, roulade, sacred music, serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate, spiritual, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, versicle, vocalize, warble, whistle, white spiritual, yodel

Etymology
psealm:, later reinforced from psalme: (modern French psaume:), both from  psalmus:, from  ψαλμός: (from ψάλλω:), but later in New Testament the meaning of ψαλμός: evolved to “a song sung to the harp, a psalm”.

Noun

 * Armenian: սաղմոս
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ψαλμός
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: salmo


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: salm
 * Spanish: salmo
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: psalm
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian: սաղմոս
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ψαλμός
 * Italian: salmo
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: salm
 * Spanish: salmo
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: psalm
 * Turkish: ilahi

Verb

 * Finnish:


 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * lamps
 * palms
 * plasm

Noun

 * 1) psalm

Noun

 * 1) a hymn, a church song
 * 2) a psalm of David, one of the chapters of the book of Psalms