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psaltery

psaltery


psal·ter·y  (sôlt-r) also psal·try (sôltr)
n. pl. psal·ter·ies also psal·tries
An ancient stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.

[Middle English psalterie, from Old French, from Latin psaltrium, from Greek psaltrion, from psallein, to play the harp; see pl- in Indo-European roots.]
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