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psalmodies

psalmodies is the plural of psalmody.

Meaning of psalmody

Noun

psalmody (countable and uncountable, plural psalmodies)

  1. (uncountable) The singing or the writing of psalms.
    • 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...1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXVIII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume III, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC
  2. (countable) A collection of psalms.

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Questions about psalmodies

What is psalmodies the plural of?
Psalmodies is the plural of psalmody.

Words near psalmodies in the dictionary

  1. psalmodical
  2. psalmodically
  3. psalmodicon
  4. psalmodicons
  5. psalmodied
  6. psalmodies
  7. psalmodikon
  8. psalmodikons
  9. psalmodise
  10. psalmodised
  11. psalmodises

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