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Salm vs Psalm - What's the difference?

salm | psalm |

As nouns the difference between salm and psalm

is that salm is obsolete form of psalm while psalm is a sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.

As a verb psalm is

to extol in psalms; to make music; to sing; as, psalming his praises.

salm

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • (Piers Plowman)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    psalm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
  • Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.

    • Derived terms

    * psalmist * psalmodic * psalmody * Psalms (name of the book of the Bible in which the psalms are collected)

    Related terms

    * psalter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing; as, psalming his praises.

    • Anagrams

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