{
  "psalm":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "after the sermon we sang a brief psalm",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The more psalm -like accompaniments outweigh the purpler prose. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Notes includes a wide range of comedy genres, spanning Lennon Parham\u2019s holy psalm to Target to Karen Chee\u2019s bullet-point list of reasons why her mom is calling. \u2014 Sarah Moroz, Vulture , 2 July 2021",
      "Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern read a psalm at the service, which was attended by several hundred mourners including Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard. \u2014 Nick Perry, Star Tribune , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "The Salvadoran migrant has held onto Jill Biden\u2019s words like a psalm . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "Adapting structural innovations from Liszt\u2019s then-recent B minor Piano Sonata, Reubke\u2019s organ sonata is a Lisztian tone poem dramatizing the psalm \u2019s verses. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "Moscow: Three people have been arrested after a church held a maskless psalm singing event in a city hall parking lot in violation of the town\u2019s mask order. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2020",
      "Books of Hours are breviaries, or a selection of prayers and psalms taken from long prayer books used by monks. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 28 Jan. 2020",
      "The temple will also hold singing, psalms , Torah study, healing services, office hours, and story time for children through Zoom calls. \u2014 David Tarrant, Dallas News , 6 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English psealm , from Late Latin psalmus , from Greek psalmos , literally, twanging of a harp, from psallein to pluck, play a stringed instrument":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u022flm",
      "\u02c8s\u00e4lm",
      "\u02c8s\u022fm",
      "\u02c8s\u00e4m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "anthem",
      "canticle",
      "carol",
      "chorale",
      "hymn",
      "spiritual"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004655",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}