psalmist
pronunciation
How to pronounce psalmist in British English:
UK ['sɑ:mɪst]
How to pronounce psalmist in American English:
US ['sɑmɪst]
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- Noun:
- a composer of sacred songs
Word Origin
- psalmist (n.)
- late 15c. (replacing psalmistre, late 14c.), from Middle French psalmiste and directly from Church Latin psalmista, from Ecclesiastical Greek psalmistes, from psalmizein "to sing psalms," from psalmos (see psalm).
Example
- 1. What the heart of the young man said to the psalmist .