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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɔːltə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-psalter.ogg Forms: psalters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English psauter & sauter, from Old French psautier & saltier, from Latin psalterium (“a kind of lute or zither”), from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”). Doublet of psalterion, psalterium, and psaltery. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|psauter}} Middle English psauter, {{m|enm|sauter}} sauter, {{der|en|fro|psautier}} Old French psautier, {{m|fro|saltier}} saltier, {{der|en|la|psalterium||a kind of lute or zither}} Latin psalterium (“a kind of lute or zither”), {{der|en|grc|ψαλτήριον||harp}} Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”), {{doublet|en|psalterion|psalterium|psaltery}} Doublet of psalterion, psalterium, and psaltery Head templates: {{en-noun}} psalter (plural psalters)
  1. (Christianity) Synonym of Psalms, particularly when printed as a separate work from the Bible. Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: Psalms [synonym, synonym-of], particularly when printed as a separate work from the Bible [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-psalter-en-noun-w2ZfRqrH Topics: Christianity
  2. (Catholicism) Synonym of breviary, which arranges the Psalms for devotional recitation. Categories (topical): Catholicism Synonyms: breviary [synonym, synonym-of], which arranges the Psalms for devotional recitation [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-psalter-en-noun-pr7N2x5z Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
  3. (Anglicanism) Synonym of Book of Common Prayer, which prominently includes the Psalms. Categories (topical): Anglicanism Synonyms: Book of Common Prayer [synonym, synonym-of], which prominently includes the Psalms [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-psalter-en-noun--cOeEFON
  4. (Catholicism) A rosary with 150 beads, used for reciting the Psalms in Catholic editions of the Bible. Categories (topical): Catholicism
    Sense id: en-psalter-en-noun-t6Jq0TVI Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
  5. (obsolete or archaic) Alternative form of psaltery, a kind of zither as well as the King James translation of certain obscure musical terms in the Old Testament. Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, obsolete Alternative form of: psaltery (extra: a kind of zither as well as the King James translation of certain obscure musical terms in the Old Testament)
    Sense id: en-psalter-en-noun-UHGNK8X~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 13 18 12 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sauter [obsolete] Hyponyms: quinquagene (english: a collection of 50 psalms, typically with commentary) Translations: psaltír [masculine] (Albanian), زَبُور (zabūr) [masculine] (Arabic), սաղմոսարան (saġmosaran) (Armenian), գիրք սաղմոսաց (girkʻ saġmosacʻ) (Armenian), zəbur (Azerbaijani), псалты́р (psaltýr) [masculine] (Belarusian), псалти́р (psaltír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), saltiri [masculine] (Catalan), 聖詠經 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣咏经 (shèngyǒngjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), ѱалтирь (psaltirĭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), psàltīr [Roman, masculine] (Church Slavic), sowter [masculine] (Cornish), žaltář [masculine] (Czech), psalter [neuter] (Dutch), psalmaro (Esperanto), psalter (Estonian), psalttari (Finnish), psautier [masculine] (French), ფსალმუნები (psalmunebi) (Georgian), Psalter [masculine] (German), ψαλτήριο (psaltírio) [neuter] (Greek), saltair [feminine] (Irish), salterio [masculine] (Italian), 聖詠 (seiei) (alt: せいえい) (Japanese), ソルター (sorutā) (Japanese), サルター (sarutā) (Japanese), 詩篇 (shihen) (alt: しへん) (Japanese), псалтырь (psaltyr) (Kazakh), забур (zabur) (Kazakh), 시편 (sipyeon) (Korean), забур (zabur) (Kyrgyz), psalteris [masculine] (Lithuanian), пса́лтир (psáltir) [masculine] (Macedonian), lioar saum [masculine] (Manx), salteyr [masculine] (Manx), Zabura (Ngazidja Comorian), псалътырь (psalŭtyrĭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), saltair [feminine, neuter] (Old Irish), żałtarz [masculine] (Old Polish), زبور (zabúr) [masculine] (Pashto), زبور (zabur) (Persian), psałterz [masculine] (Polish), saltério [masculine] (Portuguese), psaltire [feminine] (Romanian), псалты́рь (psaltýrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), псалти́рь (psaltírʹ) [masculine, rare] (Russian), saltair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), salmadair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), пса̀лтӣр [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), žaltár [masculine] (Slovak), salterio [masculine] (Spanish), Psaltaren [common-gender] (Swedish), забур (zabur) (Tajik), зәбур (zäbur) (Tatar), zebur (Turkish), zebur (Turkmen), псалти́р (psaltýr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), zabur (Uzbek), sallwyr [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "word": "սաղմոսարան"
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      "word": "գիրք սաղմոսաց"
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      "word": "聖詠經"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "圣咏经"
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      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "zabúr",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "زبور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zabur",
      "word": "زبور"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "psałterz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saltério"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "psaltire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "psaltýrʹ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "псалты́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "psaltírʹ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "псалти́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saltair"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salmadair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пса̀лтӣр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žaltár"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salterio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Psaltaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zabur",
      "word": "забур"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "zäbur",
      "word": "зәбур"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "word": "zebur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "word": "zebur"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "psaltýr",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "псалти́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "word": "zabur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sallwyr"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "psalter"
  ],
  "word": "psalter"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ecclesiastic vs. psaltírʹ",
  "path": [
    "psalter"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "psalter",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'a stand-alone copy of the Book of Psalms', 2: 'Psalms'}",
  "path": [
    "psalter",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "psalter",
  "trace": ""
}

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