Meaning & use
Psalmist
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A writer or composer of psalms, especially one of the sacred songs in the biblical Book of Psalms.
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The psalmist wrote of both despair and hope in the same breath.
King David is traditionally credited as the principal psalmist of the Hebrew Bible.
A note on using this word
The word combines 'psalm,' from the Greek 'psalmos' meaning 'song sung to a harp,' with the agent suffix '-ist.'
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