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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Psalm

/sälm/ · IPA /sɑm/
01 n. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
  1. 1.
    A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
    “Humus devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly.” — Milton.
  2. 2.
    Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
02 v. t. To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.
  1. 1.
    To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.