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Psaltery

Psaltery Meaning & Definition
Psaltery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Psaltery?

[n] an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

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See Also | stringed instrument

Psaltery In Webster's Dictionary

\Psal"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Psalteries}. [OE. sautrie, OF. psalterie, F. psalt['e]rion, L. psalterium psaltery, psalter, from Gr. ?, fr. ?. See {Psalm}, {Psalter}.] A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known. Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. --Ps. xxxiii. 2.

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