saltere

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• saltere — m ( es/ as) 1. a stringed musical instrument of the lute kind, a psaltery; 2a. the book of Psalms, the songs of David, the Psalms; 2b. a psalter, a service book containing the book of Psalms divided into certain portions for Matins, and the Hours …   Old to modern English dictionary

• Saltrese — This very rare surname spelling is a variant although possibly a Scandanavian one, of the Olde French Saltere (English Psalter) meaning a player on a stringed instrument of the harp family. The job description was a Norman introduction after the… …   Surnames reference

• Saulter — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first being an occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century s(e)alt meaning salt . The surname from this source is first recorded towards… …   Surnames reference

• Sauter — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first being an occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century s(e)alt meaning salt . The surname from this source is first recorded towards… …   Surnames reference

• Sautter — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first being an occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century s(e)alt meaning salt . The surname from this source is first recorded towards… …   Surnames reference

• Sawter — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first being an occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century s(e)alt meaning salt . The surname from this source is first recorded towards… …   Surnames reference

• Psal|ter|y — «SL tuhr ee, tree», noun, plural ter|ies. an ancient musical instrument, played by plucking the strings. ╂[Middle English sautree < Latin psaltērium < Greek psalt stringed instrument < psállein to pluck. Compare Old English saltere and… …   Useful english dictionary

• psal|ter|y — «SL tuhr ee, tree», noun, plural ter|ies. an ancient musical instrument, played by plucking the strings. ╂[Middle English sautree < Latin psaltērium < Greek psalt stringed instrument < psállein to pluck. Compare Old English saltere and… …   Useful english dictionary

• Psalter — /sawl teuhr/, n. 1. the Biblical book of Psalms. 2. (sometimes l.c.) a psalmbook. [bef. 900; < LL psalterium the Psalter, L: a psaltery < Gk psaltérion stringed instrument; r. ME sauter ( < AF < LL) and OE saltere ( < LL, as above)] * * * …   Universalium

• psaltérion — [ psalterjɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1240; psalterium XIIe; lat. psalterium, gr. psaltêrion ♦ Hist. mus. Instrument de musique (cithare) à cordes pincées ou grattées, à caisse de résonance plate, de forme triangulaire ou trapézoïdale. Le psaltérion était en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle