Definition of Psalters. Meaning of Psalters. Synonyms of Psalters

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Psalters. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Psalters and, of course, Psalters synonyms and on the right images related to the word Psalters.

Definition of Psalters

Psalter
Psalter Psal"ter, n. [OE. psauter, sauter, OF. sautier, psaltier, F. psautier, from L. psalterium. See Psaltery.] 1. The Book of Psalms; -- often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed. 2. Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms.

Meaning of Psalters from wikipedia

- Middle Ages, psalters were the books most widely owned by wealthy lay persons. They were commonly used for learning to read. Many Psalters were richly...
- The Psalters are a Christian band which began in Philadelphia, in 1997. Their music is sometimes described as folk punk. Notable not only for their music...
- Psalterion can refer to musical instruments, including: an Ancient Gr**** harp the medieval box zither Psaltery This disambiguation page lists articles...
- to display the uncommon Unicode characters in this article correctly. Psalter Pahlavi is a cursive abjad that was used for writing Middle Persian on...
- Aristocratic Psalters in Byzantium,” Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, 62, 406. Lowden, J. (1988). “Observations on Illustrated Byzantine Psalters.” The...
- found in a psalter. No other records of psalters found from the Middle Ages have a mappa mundi. The Psalter mappa mundi was likely used to provide context...
- hymns in a church. Some metrical psalters include melodies or harmonisations. The composition of metrical psalters was a large enterprise of the Protestant...
- Iconoclastic controversy. A psalter is a book made specifically to contain the 150 psalms from the book of Psalms. Psalters have also included the odes...
- at the time of the Iconoclasm, one of only three illuminated Byzantine Psalters to survive from the 9th century. According to one tradition, the miniatures...
- England was made in red ink in <...> the ‘Blickling Psalter’" Roberts 2011, p. 61: "The first glossed psalters extant from Anglo-Saxon England have ninth-century...