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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 During a recent morning visit, large groups of Jewish worshippers circumambulated the holy site under close police guard, singing psalms at full volume and openly praying. — Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026 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

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At the conclusion of an English-language service interspersed with hymns in Arabic, the priest introduced Salazar, who stood up in the front row, smiling and waving.

— Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
The atmosphere feels similar to Pentecostal churches, with the hymns and spiritual declarations very familiar to those sung in other churches.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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The welcome ceremony also included a flyover by two B-1 bombers, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
The welcome ceremony was also set to include a flyover by two B-1 bombers, flower presenters, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries.

— Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

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