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sautrie

sautrie is the obsolete form of psaltery.

Meaning of psaltery

Noun

psaltery (plural psalteries)

  1. A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
    • And at the dedication of the wall of Ieruſalem, they ſought the Leuites out of all their places, to bꝛing them to Ieruſalem, to keepe the dedication with gladneſſe, both with thankeſgiuings and with ſinging, with cymbals, pſalteries, and with harpes.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nehemiah 12:27

Forms of sautrie

pluralsautries

Questions about sautrie

What is sautrie the obsolete form of?
Sautrie is the obsolete form of psaltery.

Words near sautrie in the dictionary

  1. sauting up
  2. sautoir
  3. sautoire
  4. sautoires
  5. sautoirs
  6. sautrie
  7. sautries
  8. sauts de basque
  9. Sautter
  10. Sautters
  11. sauté

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sautrie (page history and authors); psaltery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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