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psalms

noun

Definition of psalms

plural of psalm

as in hymns

a religious song after the sermon we sang a brief psalm

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Recent Examples of psalms Psalm 23 is numbered Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate because of differences in how the psalms are divided and numbered. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026 Because the psalms were originally accompanied by instruments, scholars’ best guess is that selah was some sort of musical marking. — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 A little over a year ago, Paul Simon returned to the road following a seven-year hiatus to promote his new LP Seven Psalms. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026 Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549. — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026 The lawsuit also claims that a second, independent autopsy showed Psalms had bleeding in his brain that the first autopsy did not disclose. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 By weaving together songs, sounds, words, and visuals, Psalms gives audiences a real feel for the broader culture. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026

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The scholar of religion Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) noticed that many Vedic hymns praise different deities using the same superlatives and ascribe to them the same mythological feats.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Avie Lee filled the family's two-room home with music by singing hymns, folk songs and traditional mountain music.

— Devarrick Turner, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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Dolly Parton, the brilliant songwriter and beloved country singer who has died at age 80, wrote one of the great anthems of the American working class.

— John Nichols, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026
The musical features an original score by Christopher Nightingale, Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, drawing on protest anthems, pop, rock, disco and the Welsh choral tradition.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

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