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psaltery in British English
(ˈsɔːltərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -teries
music
an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre, but having a trapezoidal sounding board over which the strings are stretched
Word origin
Old English: see Psalterpsaltery in American English
(ˈsɔltəri)
nounWord forms: plural ˈpsalteries
a stringed instrument of the zither family, popular esp. in 12th-15th cent. Europe, having a modified trapezoidal body and a variable number of strings plucked with the fingers of both hands or a pair of quills
Word origin
ME psauterie < OFr sautere, psalterie < L psalterium: see PsalterImage ofpsaltery
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