n. 1. A sacred song; a hymn. tr.v. psalmed, psalm·ing, psalms To sing of or celebrate in psalms. [Middle English, from Old English, from Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos, from psallein, to play the harp; see pāl- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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