psalmody
/ˈsɑːmədi/
noun
- The singing or composition of psalms, especially in a religious service.
- The congregation participated in psalmody every Sunday morning.
- Early Christian psalmody often involved call-and-response singing.
- The book explores the history of psalmody in the Jewish tradition.
- A collection of psalms or a body of psalm music.
- The choir performed a beautiful psalmody from the 16th century.
- The monastery's library contained a rare psalter of medieval psalmody.
- This ancient psalmody includes melodies passed down for centuries.