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psalmody

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɑː.mə.di/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈsɑ.mə.di/
  • General-American: /ˈsɑl.mə.di/
  • General-American, obsolete: /ˈsæ.mə.di/
  • General-American: /ˈsæl.mə.di/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The singing or the writing of psalms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A collection of psalms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To celebrate in psalms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of singing psalms or hymns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hymnody

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: singing, vocalizing

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin psalmōdia, from Koine Greek ψαλμῳδίᾱ (psalmōidíā), from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “psalm”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: psalmodí,-a — singing of psalms
  • Bulgarian: псалмопение (psalmopenie) — singing of psalms
  • Catalan: psalmòdia — singing of psalms
  • Finnish: virren veisuu — singing of psalms
  • Finnish: veisuu — singing of psalms
  • Finnish: veisaaminen — singing of psalms
  • Finnish: psalmilaulu — singing of psalms
  • French: psalmodie — singing of psalms
  • German: Psalmodie — singing of psalms
  • Greek: ψαλμωδία (psalmodía) — singing of psalms
  • Hungarian: zsoltáréneklés — singing of psalms
  • Italian: salmodia — singing of psalms
  • Manx: saumeydys — singing of psalms
  • Manx: saumeyraght — singing of psalms
  • Polish: psalmodia — singing of psalms
  • Portuguese: salmodia — singing of psalms
  • Spanish: salmodia — singing of psalms
  • Welsh: salmyddiaeth — singing of psalms
  • Albanian: psalmodí,-a — collection of psalms
  • Finnish: virsikirja — collection of psalms
  • Finnish: psalmikokoelma — collection of psalms
  • Hungarian: zsoltároskönyv — collection of psalms
  • Hungarian: zsoltárkönyv — collection of psalms
  • Polish: psalmodia — collection of psalms
Real reading context

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