Psaʹlter, n.

(sawlʹter) (Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. psalterium, Fr. psalteri, salteri, sauteri, Pg. psalterio, salterio, Sp. salterio, It. salterio, saltero, Fr. psautier, A.-S. psaltere. See infra.]

1. The Book of Psalms;—often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.
2. Especially, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common Prayer, a version which differs slightly from the received version of King James.
3. (Rom. Cath. Church.) (a.) A series of devout sentences or aspirations, 150 in number, in honor of certain mysteries, as the sufferings of Christ. (b.) A large chaplet or rosary consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, according to the number of the psalms.