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say it: sahlm
psalm is a noun and verb meaning "one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David". It is pronounced /ˈsɑlm/ — sahlm. It carries 3 recorded senses.
one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David
any sacred song used to praise the deity
sing or celebrate in psalms
“He psalms the works of God”
music
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for psalm come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.