Usually means: Stringed instrument played with fingers.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. psaltery: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. psaltery: Merriam-Webster
  3. psaltery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. psaltery: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. psaltery: Collins English Dictionary
  6. psaltery: Vocabulary.com
  7. Psaltery, psaltery: Wordnik
  8. psaltery: Wiktionary
  9. psaltery: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. psaltery (psaltry): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. psaltery: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Psaltery, psaltery: Dictionary.com
  13. psaltery: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Psaltery: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Psaltery: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. psaltery: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. psaltery: Rhymezone
  18. Psaltery: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. psaltery: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. psaltery: FreeDictionary.org
  21. psaltery: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. psaltery: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. psaltery: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Psaltery: Classical Music Guide
  2. Psaltery: Early Patches (musical instruments)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. psaltery: Encyclopedia

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Psaltery: Easton Bible
  2. Psaltery: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  3. PSALTERY: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

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Definitions from Wiktionary (psaltery)

▸ noun:  (music) A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.

Similar:
psaltry, psalterium, psalter, psalmodicon, psalmodikon, psalterion, polyphant, parlour guitar, parlor guitar, psalmody, more...

Phrases:
bowed psaltery, more...

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stringed, awake, gay, colossal, golden, ancient, new, harp, triangular, sullen, fine

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Similar:
psaltry, psalterium, psalter, psalmodicon, psalmodikon, psalterion, polyphant, parlour guitar, parlor guitar, psalmody, more...

Phrases:
bowed psaltery, more...

Adjectives:
stringed, awake, gay, colossal, golden, ancient, new, harp, triangular, sullen, fine

Colors:
    gold,     bronze,     amber,     mahogany,     chestnut, more...



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