- psaltere
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Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
psaltere
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psaltérion — [ psalterjɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1240; psalterium XIIe; lat. psalterium, gr. psaltêrion ♦ Hist. mus. Instrument de musique (cithare) à cordes pincées ou grattées, à caisse de résonance plate, de forme triangulaire ou trapézoïdale. Le psaltérion était en… … Encyclopédie Universelle
psalter — the Book of Psalms, O.E. saltere, psaltere, from Church L. psalterium the songs of David, from L., lit. stringed instrument played by twanging, from Gk. psalterion, from psallein to pluck, play on a stringed instrument … Etymology dictionary
