Psālm'ist, n.

(säm'ist) (Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. psalmista, Gr. ψαλμιστής, Fr. psalmiste, Pr. & Pg. psalmista, salmista, Sp. & It. salmista. See supra.]

1. A writer or composer of sacred songs;—a title particularly applied to David and the other authors of the scriptural psalms.
2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) A clerk, preceptor, singer, or leader of music in the church.