"psalmody" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɑː.mə.di/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑ.mə.di/ [General-American], /ˈsɑl.mə.di/ [General-American], /ˈsæ.mə.di/ [General-American, obsolete], /ˈsæl.mə.di/ [General-American] Forms: psalmodies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin psalmōdia, from Koine Greek ψαλμῳδίᾱ (psalmōidíā), from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “psalm”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|psalmōdia}} Latin psalmōdia, {{der|en|grc-koi|ψαλμῳδίᾱ}} Koine Greek ψαλμῳδίᾱ (psalmōidíā), {{der|en|grc|ψαλμός|t=psalm}} Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “psalm”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} psalmody (countable and uncountable, plural psalmodies)
  1. (music, uncountable) The singing or the writing of psalms. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (singing of psalms): psalmodí,-a [feminine] (Albanian), псалмопение (psalmopenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), virren veisuu (Finnish), veisuu (Finnish), veisaaminen (Finnish), psalmilaulu (Finnish), psalmodie [feminine] (French), Psalmodie [feminine] (German), ψαλμωδία (psalmodía) [feminine] (Greek), zsoltáréneklés (Hungarian), saumeydys (Manx), saumeyraght (Manx), psalmodia [feminine] (Polish), salmodia (Spanish), salmyddiaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (music, countable) A collection of psalms. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Music Translations (collection of psalms): psalmodí,-a [feminine] (Albanian), virsikirja (Finnish), psalmikokoelma (Finnish), zsoltároskönyv (Hungarian), zsoltárkönyv (Hungarian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: psalmodial, psalmodist, psalmodize

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɑː.mə.di/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑ.mə.di/ [General-American], /ˈsɑl.mə.di/ [General-American], /ˈsæ.mə.di/ [General-American, obsolete], /ˈsæl.mə.di/ [General-American] Forms: psalmodies [present, singular, third-person], psalmodying [participle, present], psalmodied [participle, past], psalmodied [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin psalmōdia, from Koine Greek ψαλμῳδίᾱ (psalmōidíā), from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “psalm”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|psalmōdia}} Latin psalmōdia, {{der|en|grc-koi|ψαλμῳδίᾱ}} Koine Greek ψαλμῳδίᾱ (psalmōidíā), {{der|en|grc|ψαλμός|t=psalm}} Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “psalm”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} psalmody (third-person singular simple present psalmodies, present participle psalmodying, simple past and past participle psalmodied)
  1. To celebrate in psalms.
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