Definitions
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- noun The Book of
Psalms . Often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed. - noun Specifically for
Anglicans , the Book of Common Prayer which contains the Book of Psalms. ForCatholics , the Breviary containing the Psalms arranged for each day of the week. - noun In the Roman Catholic Church, a
rosary consisting of one hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the Psalms.
Etymologies
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Now that night the abbess had with her a priest whom she used not seldom to have conveyed to her in a chest; and the report of the sisters making her apprehensive lest for excess of zeal and hurry they should force the door open, she rose in a trice; and huddling on her clothes as best she might in the dark, instead of the veil that they wear, which they call the psalter, she caught up the priest's breeches, and having clapped them on her head, hied her forth, and locked the door behind her, saying: -- "Where is this woman accursed of God?"
The Decameron, Volume II Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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St Jerome’s traditional Gallican psalter from the Vulgate is given in the text of all the hours.
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For me, the Grail version of the psalter is the very best.
St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, MA Terry Nelson 2006
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The actual text begins with the psalter, that is the psalms arranged for the week, with their normal antiphons and hymns.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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This David was an holy man and made the holy psalter, which is an holy book and is contained therein the old law and the new law.
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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The psalter is the story of how God makes many righteous (the mercied of Psalm 149) through the gift of the singular righteous of Psalm 1-2.
Jesus Creed Scot McKnight 2010
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The psalter, which is thought to be almost 1,000 years old, has been described as Scotland's version of the famous Book of Kells in Dublin.
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The origin of the psalter is a mystery but experts believe it was probably produced by monks in Iona, who were also associated with the making of the Book of Kells.
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The psalter, which is thought to be almost 1,000 years old, has been described as Scotland's version of the famous Book of Kells in Dublin.
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The origin of the psalter is a mystery but experts believe it was probably produced by monks in Iona, who were also associated with the making of the Book of Kells.
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