Psalmody

//ˈsɑː.mə.di//

Synonyms for "psalmody" (34 found)

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Translations

21 translations across 11 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • psalmodí,-a noun (singing of psalms)
  • psalmodí,-a noun (collection of psalms)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • псалмопение noun (singing of psalms)

Finnish

4 entries
  • psalmikokoelma noun (collection of psalms)
  • psalmilaulu noun (singing of psalms)
  • veisaaminen noun (singing of psalms)
  • veisuu noun (singing of psalms)

French

1 entries
  • psalmodie noun (singing of psalms)

German

1 entries
  • Psalmodie noun (singing of psalms)

Greek

1 entries
  • ψαλμωδία noun (singing of psalms)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • zsoltárkönyv noun (collection of psalms)
  • zsoltároskönyv noun (collection of psalms)
  • zsoltáréneklés noun (singing of psalms)

Manx

2 entries
  • saumeydys noun (singing of psalms)
  • saumeyraght noun (singing of psalms)

Polish

2 entries
  • psalmodia noun (singing of psalms)
  • psalmodia noun (collection of psalms)

Spanish

1 entries
  • salmodia noun (singing of psalms)

Welsh

1 entries
  • salmyddiaeth noun (singing of psalms)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Our denomination practices exclusive psalmody in worship.

Source: tatoeba (4629227)

They deserved the enmity of the Pagans; and some of them might deserve the reproaches of avarice and intemperance; of avarice, which they gratified with holy plunder, and of intemperance, which they indulged at the expense of the people, who foolishly admired their tattered garments, loud psalmody, and artificial paleness.

Source: wiktionary

All these strange antics were accompanied by still stranger guttural noises from the devotee, who seemed to be praying in a sing-song or else singing some pagan psalmody or other, during which his face twitched about in the most unnatural manner.

Source: wiktionary

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