antipsalmistn.
/ˌantɪˈsɑːmɪst/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈsɑ(l)məst/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈsɑ(l)məst/, /ˌæn(t)əˈsɑ(l)məst/ Now historical.
A person who does not regard singing, esp. the singing of psalms, as an acceptable part of religious worship.
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1645 T. Shepard in G. Phillips Reply Confut. Grounds Infants Baptisme To Rdr. sig. A4 When they are strongly assaulted by Familists, Anabaptists, Antipsalmists, &c. they fall down.
1647 J. Cotton Singing of Psalmes i. 2 There be some Antipsalmists, who doe not acknowledge any singing at all with the voyce in the New Testament.
1868 Hist. Mag. Feb. 102/2 The ‘lining’ or ‘deaconing off’ the verse..was probably one of the causes that led to the rise of a body of anti-psalmists, between 1640 and 1660.
1934 W. Y. Tindall John Bunyan iii. 66 Until after Bunyan's death..the antipsalmists had been powerful enough to prevent the introduction of singing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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