Meaning Of The Word Psaltery
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Psaltery Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Psaltery?
psaltery in American English
a stringed instrument of the zither family, popular esp. in 12th-15th cent. Europe, having a modified trapezoidal body and a variable number of strings plucked with the fingers of both hands or a pair of quills noun: an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum psaltery in British English noun: an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre, but having a trapezoidal sounding board over which the strings are stretched |
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