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psaltery

[ sawl-tuh-ree ]

noun

, plural psal·ter·ies.
  1. an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
  2. (initial capital letter) the Psalter.


psaltery

/ ˈsɔːltərɪ /

noun

  1. music an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre, but having a trapezoidal sounding board over which the strings are stretched
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of psaltery1

1300–50; Middle English sautrie < Middle French sauter(i)e < Late Latin psaltērium; Psalter
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Word History and Origins

Origin of psaltery1

Old English: see Psalter
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Example Sentences

The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.

Psal′tery, a stringed instrument used by the Jews: psalter; Psal′tress, a woman who plays upon the psaltery.

It was in a Psaltery on which a hundred years before some Flemish monk had lavished his gold and vermilion.

A psaltery, made by Thomas Perry, in Dublin, second half of eighteenth century.

With his glance upon the psaltery stick, a dim notion of accounting filtered curiously into his mind and became obsessional.

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