单词 | psalmister |
释义 | † psalmistern. Obsolete. A singer or composer of psalms; a psalmist; spec. †the composer of the Book of Psalms (obsolete). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > psalmist psalmister?c1225 psalmist1561 psalterist1587 psalmodist1726 society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > [noun] > making or reciting of > person engaged in songereOE psalmwrightOE lofsongera1225 psalmister?c1225 psalmistc1230 psalmograph1538 psalm-singer1578 psalmographer1598 psalmodista1652 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > cantor or precentor > in minor orders psalmister?c1225 psalmist1561 psalmodist1726 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 207 As seið þe spalmustre [read psalmustre or psalmistre]. Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 58 The salmistre, where he seith to God, ‘I am parteneer of alle that dreden thee.’ c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 195 I pray ȝow..þat ȝe have psalmystres [L. psalmicines] or saienge of psalmes of þe psawtre fourty nyȝtes. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 6 (MED) He may seye with þe psalmystre, ‘Torrentes iniquitatis conturbauerunt me.’ ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 107 A Salmyster, psalmista. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 22 (MED) Of the vowterer and mankyllere, he made a prophete and a psalmystere. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. xv. 424 I heard him making his moan as another psalmister..‘I am weary of my being, O Lord, and thou dost cast me off.’ 1907 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 6 May 5/5 On the green savannahs and wooded hills of the Southland, with floral incense and feathered psalmister, all nature is singing a hymn unto God. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?c1225 |
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