Psalmody Definition & Meaning

Origin of Psalmody

Middle English psalmodie from Late Latin psalmōdia from Greek psalmōidiā singing to the harp psalmos psalm psalm ōidē, aoidē song ode

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

It consists of reading of Holy Scripture, psalmody, non-liturgical prayer and preaching.
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Hieronymus Vespasian Kohcowski (1633-1699) was a soldier-poet, who went through the campaigns against the Swedes and Cossacks; he has left several books of lyrics full of vivacity, a Christian epic and a Polish psalmody.
Binney was the pioneer in a much-needed improvement of the forms of service in Nonconformist churches, and gave a special impulse to congregational psalmody by the publication of a book entitled The Service of Song in the House of the Lord.
Catching the impulse from Hilary and confirmed in it by the success of Arian psalmody, Ambrose composed several hymns, marked by dignified simplicity, which were not only effective in themselves but served as a fruitful model for later times.

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