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psalmody

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psalmody
1. the act of singing psalms or hymns
2. the art or practice of the setting to music or singing of psalms


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As the psalms of David exceed all other language, so does the psalmody that has been fitted to them by the divines and sages of the land, surpass all vain poetry.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
When she did come, Heathcliff came with her, and she insisted that I should take him into the kitchen, as my fellow-servant had gone to a neighbour's, to be removed from the sound of our 'devil's psalmody,' as it pleased him to call it.
Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context
Many hundred fresh children's voices rose up there and sang hymns to the Father Beneficent, and little George's soul thrilled with delight at the burst of glorious psalmody.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
 
 
 
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