'Psaltery' definitions:
Definition of 'psaltery'
(from WordNet)
noun
An ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
Definition of 'Psaltery'
From: GCIDE
- Psaltery \Psal"ter*y\, n.; pl. Psalteries. [OE. sautrie, OF. psalterie, F. psalt['e]rion, L. psalterium psaltery, psalter, from Gr. ?, fr. ?. See Psalm, Psalter.] A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known. [1913 Webster]
- Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. --Ps. xxxiii. 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'psaltery'
From: Easton
- Psaltery a musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered, is translated "viol" in Isa. 5:12 (R.V., "lute"); 14:11. In Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15, the word thus rendered is Chaldaic, pesanterin, which is supposed to be a word of Greek origin denoting an instrument of the harp kind.