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# psalter

«psalter» in Mova's school dictionary: **A book containing the Psalms from the Bible, used for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a psalter, psalters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church, Bible) A book containing the Psalms from the Bible, used for worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#m1)

2) (church) A version of the Psalms set out to be sung or said in services. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Church life: choirs sing from the psalter; old psalters were beautifully hand-painted by monks. In history lessons children may see a famous illuminated psalter in a museum. Phrases: «a medieval psalter», «the parish psalter».

### examples

- The choir sang from the psalter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#x1)
- The monks copied the psalter by hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#x2)
- We saw an old psalter with gold pictures at the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#x3)
- Gran keeps her psalter next to her prayer book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#x4)
- The Psalms in the psalter are songs and prayers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#x5)
- Each page of the psalter had a decorated letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#x6)
- "Now then," he says, "read away at your psalter." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/#x7)

### note

Silent «p»: pronounced «SAWL-ter». Same silent «p» as «psalm». Countable. A «psalm» is one song; the «psalter» is the book of them.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «psalter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psalter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.