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psaltery
[ sawl-tuh-ree ]
noun
, plural psal·ter·ies.
- an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- (initial capital letter) the Psalter.
psaltery
/ ˈsɔːltərɪ /
noun
- music an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre, but having a trapezoidal sounding board over which the strings are stretched
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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Psal′tery, a stringed instrument used by the Jews: psalter; Psal′tress, a woman who plays upon the psaltery.
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It was in a Psaltery on which a hundred years before some Flemish monk had lavished his gold and vermilion.
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A psaltery, made by Thomas Perry, in Dublin, second half of eighteenth century.
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With his glance upon the psaltery stick, a dim notion of accounting filtered curiously into his mind and became obsessional.
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