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psaltery
English
Alternative forms
- psaltry
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French psalterie, from Latin psalt?rium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (psalt?rion, “stringed instrument, psaltery, harp”), from ????? (psáll?, “to touch sharply, to pluck, to pull, to twitch”) and in the case of the strings of musical instruments, “to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, and not with the plectron”.
Noun
psaltery (plural psalteries)
- (music) A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
- And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. (Nehemiah 12:27, KJV)
Usage notes
In the King James Version of the Bible, "psaltery" is used as a translation for certain words whose referent isn't known: the Hebrew ??????? (kli) and ?????? (nével), and the Aramaic ??????????????? (psanterín).
Derived terms
- bowed psaltery
- psalterist, psalteryist
Related terms
- psalter
- psalm
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Glossary of chordophones
Anagrams
- Spratley, Tarpleys, plastery, pterylas
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taxonomy
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
- (US) IPA(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
- Rhymes: -?n?mi
Noun
taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)
- The science or the technique used to make a classification.
- A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
- (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Synonyms
- taxonomics
- (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy
Coordinate terms
- nomenclature
- ontology
Derived terms
Translations
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- what taxonomy are humans
- what taxonomy do humans belong to
- what taxonomy is not a type of taxonomy
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