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psalm

/sahm/US // sɑm //UK // (sɑːm) //

诗篇,诗歌,诗经,圣经

Related Words

hymn圣歌,圣诗,赞美诗,颂歌verse诗句,诗词,经文,诗篇paean赞美诗,赞美之词,凯歌,颂歌chant吟诵,吟唱,诵读,诵经eulogy颂词,讴歌,颂歌,悼词shout呐喊,呼喊,叫喊声,喊叫celebration庆祝活动,庆典,庆典活动,典礼chorale合唱团,大合唱,合唱,合唱曲canticle颂歌,颂词,咒语,颂扬

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sacred song or hymn.
    • : any of the songs, hymns, or prayers contained in the Book of Psalms.
    • : a metric version or paraphrase of any of these.
    • : a poem of a similar nature.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsong of praise
Synonyms
hymn圣歌,圣诗,赞美诗,颂歌verse诗句,诗词,经文,诗篇canticle颂歌,颂词,咒语,颂扬celebration庆祝活动,庆典,庆典活动,典礼chant吟诵,吟唱,诵读,诵经chorale合唱团,大合唱,合唱,合唱曲eulogy颂词,讴歌,颂歌,悼词paean赞美诗,赞美之词,凯歌,颂歌shout呐喊,呼喊,叫喊声,喊叫

Examples

  • Read Psalm 137, the one that was turned into the catchy reggae song “Rivers of Babylon.”

  • You can even find out what the first book printed in America was (The Bay Psalm Book).

  • Another quoted Psalm 137 to speak of the Jews exiled in Babylon longing for Zion.

  • "Le Dieu, le Fort, l'ternel parlera," was the first line of a favorite Huguenot psalm.

  • At times he thought to aggravate his victim's sufferings by singing snatches of favorite psalms from the Huguenot psalm-book.

  • But his fervor was all stage fire, and he would turn in an instant from a denunciatory Psalm to a humorous story.

  • His cries ceased; her thoughts went off into a dreamy psalm of thanksgiving as his soft mouth pulled at her breast.

  • According to this gentleman the Boers were a psalm-singing but hypocritical nation addicted to slave-driving.

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