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Definition of Psaltery
1. Noun. An ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings.
Definition of Psaltery
1. n. A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known.
Definition of Psaltery
1. Noun. An ancient musical instrument, similar to a dulcimer or a zither, and played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Psaltery
1. an ancient stringed musical instrument [n -TERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psaltery
Literary usage of Psaltery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"IN the psaltery and Dulcimer we have yet a third type of mediaeval stringed ...
The two forms differ in one important point : in the psaltery the strings ..."
2. Sermons and discourses on several subjects and occasions by Francis Atterbury (1820)
"Awake up, my glory ! awake psaltery and harp ! I myself will awake right early.
... By psaltery and harp, (which alone are mentioned), we must understand ..."
3. Ancient Egypt, Her Testimony to the Truth of the Bible: Being an by William Osburn (1846)
"Another ancient author, Apollodorus, says, " that the psaltery is the same
instrument as the ancient harp, ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1877)
"This was the " psaltery " referred to by Chaucer and other contemporary writers,
but from the unsettled nature of English orthography in those early times, ..."
5. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1882)
"Praise Him with the psaltery and harp ! Praise him with the timbrel and dance !
Praise Him with stringed instruments and organs ! ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"The psaltery now in use is a flat instrument, in the form of a trapezium, or a
triangle truncated at top. It is strung with thirteen wire cords, ..."
7. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake (1851)
"The psaltery now in use is a flat instrument, in the form of a trapezium, or a
triangle truncated at top. It is strung with thir teen wire cords, ..."
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