From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpsalterpsal‧ter /ˈsɔːltə $ ˈsɒːltər/ noun [countable] RRCa book containing the psalms from the Bible
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psalter• It was fashioned of sandalwood, beautifully carved, and no larger than was needed to hold a psalter.• Strasbourg was also the birthplace of the modest first Calvinist psalter in 1539.• She lifted out the illuminated psalter within and handed it to him.• I didn't cycle past much after that and kept my eyes on psalters and hymn-books.• The widow of Sir Brian Stapleton left a collection of books which included Rolle's psalter.Origin psalter (800-900) Latin psalterium, from Greek psalterion, from psallein “to play on a stringed instrument” 