Usually means: Sacred song or hymn, biblically.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word psalm:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. psalm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. psalm: Merriam-Webster
  3. Psalm, psalm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. psalm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. psalm: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Psalm, psalm: Vocabulary.com
  7. Psalm, psalm: Wordnik
  8. psalm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. psalm: Wiktionary
  10. psalm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. psalm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. psalm: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Psalm, psalm: Dictionary.com
  14. psalm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. psalm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Psalm (Paul Motian album), Psalm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Psalm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. psalm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. psalm: Rhymezone
  20. Psalm (m), psalm, psalm (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. psalm: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. psalm: FreeDictionary.org
  23. psalm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. psalm: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. psalm: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PSALM: Acronym Finder

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. psalm: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See psalmed as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
▸ noun:  One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
▸ verb:  To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing

Similar:
psalme, psalmody, Salm, psalmography, psalmodist, hymnody, psalmistry, song, psalmograph, psalter, more...

Opposite:
war, discord, cacophony, noise, disharmony

Types:
psalm 1, psalm 2, psalm 3, psalm 4, psalm 5, psalm 6, psalm 7, more...

Phrases:
responsorial psalm, psalm tunes, psalm tone, psalm tune, penitential psalm, more...

Adjectives:
third, first, second, whole, same, 23rd, eighth, fourth, fifth, responsorial, entire

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Similar:
psalme, psalmody, Salm, psalmography, psalmodist, hymnody, psalmistry, song, psalmograph, psalter, more...

Opposite:
war, discord, cacophony, noise, disharmony

Types:
psalm 1, psalm 2, psalm 3, psalm 4, psalm 5, psalm 6, psalm 7, more...

Phrases:
responsorial psalm, psalm tunes, psalm tone, psalm tune, penitential psalm, metrical psalm, psalm singer, Bay Psalm Book, Psalm 23, Swiss Psalm, Psalm 91, Psalm 27, Psalm 119, Psalm 137, more...

Adjectives:
third, first, second, whole, same, 23rd, eighth, fourth, fifth, responsorial, entire

Colors:
    blue,     gold,     purple,     white,     green, more...



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