Definition of: psalm

(säm) noun
A sacred song or lyric, especially one of those contained in the Old Testament Book of Psalms; a hymn. See synonyms under SONG.
—v.t. To celebrate or praise in psalms; hymn. [Fusion of OE sealm, psalm and OF salme, psaume, both <LL psalmus <Gk. psalmos a song sung to the harp, lit., a twanging <psallein twitch]