psalmody

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural psal·mo·dies.
- : the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- : psalms or hymns collectively.
- : the act, practice, or art of singing psalms.

The vitality of the Jewish ritual, when the nation had emerged from barbarism, was in its connections with a magnificent psalmody.
Deacon Justin did not confine his musical performances to psalmody and the accompanying of hymns.
In the first congregations It allies itself to art, probably all the worshippers joined in the hymns and psalmody.
Wednesday evening at 7, an expository lecture, followed by a Psalmody-class, to practise anthems and tunes.
Its rich colouring, its dim religious light, its devout psalmody; oh, how soothing to the wearied spirit.