psaltery
an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
(initial capital letter) the Psalter.
Origin of psaltery
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How to use psaltery in a sentence
The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousPsal′tery, a stringed instrument used by the Jews: psalter; Psal′tress, a woman who plays upon the psaltery.
It was in a psaltery on which a hundred years before some Flemish monk had lavished his gold and vermilion.
The Path of the King | John BuchanA psaltery, made by Thomas Perry, in Dublin, second half of eighteenth century.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelWith his glance upon the psaltery stick, a dim notion of accounting filtered curiously into his mind and became obsessional.
Kenny | Leona Dalrymple
British Dictionary definitions for psaltery
/ (ˈsɔːltərɪ) /
music an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre, but having a trapezoidal sounding board over which the strings are stretched
Origin of psaltery
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