Psalterion

Quick meaning: Psalterion is a noun meaning (now historical, rare) Synonym of psaltery.

Meaning

(now historical, rare) Synonym of psaltery.

Example Sentences

The interpretation of the kithara as the lower part of a human being and a psalterion as the higher appears to derive from Origen.

Notker, in the ninth century, says that the rotta (or chrotta) was derived from the psalterion — the ancient psalterion, as he even at that early time calls it.

All ſubſtantiues endyng in on, hauyng i cõmyng next before on, be of tbe femyne gendre: Excepte Millyón a myllion⸝ eſcorpión a ſcorpyon a ſarpent⸝ ueſpilión a holy water ſpricle^([sic])⸝ eſtovrgión a ſturgion fiſhe⸝ psalterión a psaltrion […]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for psalterion

Depending on context, synonyms include psaltery.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include psalter, psaltry, psalmodikon, psaltery, psalmodicon, psalmograph.

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