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"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":""
},
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"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":"",
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"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"spiritual"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004655",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"psalm tone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a medieval melodic formula for singing the psalms and other texts in which most of the text is chanted on a single note":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164036"
},
"psalm singer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one holding that the Psalms and not hymns should be sung in worship":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113128"
},
"psalm tune":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the melody to which a metrically arranged psalm is sung":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182427"
},
"psammite":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a rock composed of sandy particles : sandstone \u2014 compare pelite , psephite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa\u02ccm\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from psamm- + -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033630"
},
"psammobiotic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": living or thriving in sandy areas or in the psammon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6sa(\u02cc)m\u014d+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"psamm- + -biotic":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-071514"
},
"psammocharid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the Pompilidae":[],
": a wasp of the family Pompilidae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)sa\u00a6m\u00e4k\u0259r\u0259\u0307d",
"\""
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Psammocharidae":"Adjective"
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093639"
},
"Psalms":{
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"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
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": a collection of sacred poems forming a book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4lmz",
"\u02c8s\u022flmz",
"\u02c8s\u00e4mz",
"\u02c8s\u022fmz"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-100307"
},
"psalmography":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act or practice of writing psalms":[]
},
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"s\u00e4(l)\u02c8m\u00e4gr\u0259f\u0113",
"s\u0227(l)\u02c8m-",
"sal\u02c8m-"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105600"
},
"psamm-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
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": sand":[
"psammo biotic",
"psammo phile"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek, from psammos":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105929"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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"\u02c8sa\u02ccm\u00e4n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek psammos sand":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135515"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an organism that prefers or thrives in sandy soils or areas":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sam\u0259\u02ccf\u012bl"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary psamm- + -phile":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143127"
},
"Psammophis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of North African and Asiatic back-fanged snakes comprising the sand snakes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sam\u0259f\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from psamm- + -ophis":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143806"
},
"psammophyte":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a plant thriving on or requiring sandy soil":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sam\u0259\u02ccf\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary psamm- + -phyte":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-090142"
},
"psalmograph":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": psalmist sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin psalmographus , from Late Greek psalmographos , from Greek psalmos psalm + -graphos -grapher (from graphein to write )":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185611"
},
"Psalm of Ascents":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
": song of ascents":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191733"
},
"psalmist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a writer or composer of especially biblical psalms":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-mist",
"\u02c8s\u022f-",
"\u02c8s\u022fl",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Which is, of course, in some ways exactly what these men and women are doing\u2014obeying the psalmist by lifting up their hands to the holy place and calling on the Lord. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2020",
"The psalmist expresses this longing to return to God as the source of his life. \u2014 Donald Sweeting, The Denver Post , 27 Apr. 2017",
"Cole, who draws from both Hebraic and Arabic traditions, is like a modern psalmist who leads readers on a journey filled with wit, awe, and skepticism. \u2014 Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2017",
"Perhaps O\u2019Reilly imagined himself as a modern-day King David, a prophet and psalmist , who with eloquence and persistence, would protect God\u2019s people from the Goliaths of today \u2014 most notably the left. \u2014 Christopher Hale, The Denver Post , 21 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200013"
},
"psalmic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or like a psalm":[
"psalmic wails",
"\u2014 Israel Zangwill"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-mik"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"psalm + -ic":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202359"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sere that originates in sand":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sam\u0259\u02ccsi(\u0259)r"
],
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"psamm- + sere":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202409"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": psalmist sense 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-m\u0259\u0307st\u0259(r)"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English psalmistre , from Middle French, from Late Latin psalmista psalmist + Middle French -re -er":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202735"
},
"psalmbook":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": psalter":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4m-\u02ccbu\u0307k",
"\u02c8s\u022flm-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4lm-",
"\u02c8s\u022fm-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204450"
},
"psalter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fl-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-t\u0259r"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English psalter & Anglo-French psaltier , from Late Latin psalterium , from Late Greek psalt\u0113rion , from Greek, psaltery":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205447"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fl-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-t\u0259r"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English psalter & Anglo-French psaltier , from Late Latin psalterium , from Late Greek psalt\u0113rion , from Greek, psaltery":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-211455"
},
"Psaronius":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of fossil ferns based on tree fern trunks with a vascular system that is a polycyclic dictyostele \u2014 see starling stone":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259\u02c8r\u014dn\u0113\u0259s"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, a precious stone; from its speckled appearance when polished":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212453"
},
"psalmistry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": use of psalms in devotion : psalmody":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-tr\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"psalmist + -ry":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214138"
},
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"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": a collection of sacred poems forming a book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4lmz",
"\u02c8s\u022flmz",
"\u02c8s\u00e4mz",
"\u02c8s\u022fmz"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214852"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act, practice, or art of singing psalms in worship":[],
": a collection of psalms":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022f-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-m\u0259-d\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u022fl",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-"
],
"synonyms":[
"hymnal",
"hymnary",
"hymnbook"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a psalmody containing many beloved hymns"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English psalmodie , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin psalmodia , from Late Greek psalm\u014didia , literally, singing to the harp, from Greek psalmos + aidein to sing \u2014 more at ode":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-215622"
},
"psaltress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a female psalterer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u2027tr\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"psalter er + -ess":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224703"
},
"psalmless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": unaccompanied by a psalm":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ml\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231307"
},
"psalmodial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": psalmodic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)s\u0227(l)\u00a6m-",
"(\u02c8)sal\u00a6m-",
"(\u02c8)s\u00e4(l)\u00a6m\u014dd\u0113\u0259l"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"psalmody + -ial":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233240"
},
"psalmodic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to psalmody":[
"repetitive psalmodic plainsong",
"\u2014 M. F. Bukofzer"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-m\u00e4dik"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"psalmody + -ic or -ical":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001111"
},
"psalterer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a player on the psaltery":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-t\u0259r\u0259(r)"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sawtrer , from sautre psaltery + -er":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002514"
},
"psalterial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the psalterium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)s\u022fl\u00a6tir\u0113\u0259l",
"-ter-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin psalteri um + English -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002613"
},
"psalterium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": omasum":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u022fl-",
"s\u00e4l-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259m",
"s\u022fl-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259m"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Late Latin, psalter; from the resemblance of the folds to the pages of a book":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1846, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002926"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an ancient musical instrument resembling the zither":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u022fl-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English psalterie , from Anglo-French, from Latin psalterium , from Greek psalt\u0113rion , from psallein to play on a stringed instrument":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005741"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": psaltery":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0113\u02cc\u00e4n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek psalt\u0113rion":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-010636"
},
"psalmodize":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to practice psalmody":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-m\u0259\u02ccd\u012bz"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin psalmodizare , from Late Latin psalmodia psalmody + -izare -ize":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012308"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one versed in psalmody":[],
": one that composes psalms or sacred songs : psalmist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012720"
}
}