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Definition of psalmody in English: psalmodynoun ˈsalmədiˈsɑːmədiˈsɑ(l)mədi mass noun1The singing of psalms or similar sacred canticles, especially in public worship. (尤指礼拜时的)赞美诗(或诗篇)咏唱 psalmody is common to all the Churches and is acceptable in those few Churches where hymns are not Example sentencesExamples - David's authority now stood behind the role of the Levites and the use of psalmody in worship.
- Thus it was his habit that, upon returning from the harvest, he would give himself to ‘prayer, meditation and psalmody until his thoughts were re-established in their previous order.’
- Additional material found in certain psalters includes refrains used for antiphonal psalmody and appendices containing canticles or other sacred writings.
- 1.1 Psalms arranged for singing.
圣歌 these books offer a useful collection of psalmody 这些书是赞美诗集锦,很有用。 Example sentencesExamples - Christian plainchant offers melodic settings of varying complexity for the Ordinary and Proper texts of their parent rites, which may consist of psalmody and other scriptural texts or freely composed hymnody.
- And Mary's song, the Magnificat, sung in response to her visit with her relative Elizabeth (which is the alternative psalmody for today), becomes the archetypal psalm of faith.
- After the greeting, psalmody took the place of the Introit and the later Gradual.
- Four volumes deal with different kinds of material in the Old Testament: narrative, prophecy, poetry / psalmody, wisdom and law.
Derivativesadjective salˈmɒdɪksɑ(l)ˈmɑdɪk Certain psalmodic chants also became subject to purely musical elaboration, whether through polyphony (in the Latin West) or kalophonia (in the Byzantine East). Example sentencesExamples - In the Mass, the chants of the Ordinary are all non-psalmodic and those of the Proper are psalmodic.
- Despite these efforts to rely on wall-to-wall ditties, psalmodic chant still figures prominently in the Weekday liturgy.
noun ˈsɑːmədɪstˈsɑ(l)mədəst Exclusive psalmodists claim that God nowhere authorizes uninspired hymns. The conclusion that uninspired hymns are forbidden follows naturally. Example sentencesExamples - Noteworthy, however, is the fact that the Apostles Creed was frequently recited in Puritan worship services, an act that most exclusive Psalmodists consider a violation of the regulative principle.
- Malcolm Watts argues his case fully and strongly, but ultimately too many questions remain - in particular, whether Ephesians 5: 19 and Colossians 3: 16 can bear the weight that exclusive psalmodists seek to place on them.
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OriginMiddle English: via late Latin from Greek psalmōidia 'singing to a harp', from psalmos (see psalm) + ōidē 'song'. Definition of psalmody in US English: psalmodynounˈsä(l)mədēˈsɑ(l)mədi 1The singing of psalms or similar sacred canticles, especially in public worship. (尤指礼拜时的)赞美诗(或诗篇)咏唱 Example sentencesExamples - David's authority now stood behind the role of the Levites and the use of psalmody in worship.
- Thus it was his habit that, upon returning from the harvest, he would give himself to ‘prayer, meditation and psalmody until his thoughts were re-established in their previous order.’
- Additional material found in certain psalters includes refrains used for antiphonal psalmody and appendices containing canticles or other sacred writings.
- 1.1 Psalms arranged for singing.
圣歌 these books offer a useful collection of psalmody 这些书是赞美诗集锦,很有用。 Example sentencesExamples - And Mary's song, the Magnificat, sung in response to her visit with her relative Elizabeth (which is the alternative psalmody for today), becomes the archetypal psalm of faith.
- After the greeting, psalmody took the place of the Introit and the later Gradual.
- Four volumes deal with different kinds of material in the Old Testament: narrative, prophecy, poetry / psalmody, wisdom and law.
- Christian plainchant offers melodic settings of varying complexity for the Ordinary and Proper texts of their parent rites, which may consist of psalmody and other scriptural texts or freely composed hymnody.
OriginMiddle English: via late Latin from Greek psalmōidia ‘singing to a harp’, from psalmos (see psalm) + ōidē ‘song’. |