Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Psalmist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Psalmist \Psalm"ist\, n. [L. psalmista, Gr. ?: cf. F. psalmiste.
See {Psalm}.]
1. A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title
particularly applied to David and the other authors of the
Scriptural psalms.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of
music, in the church.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
psalmist
n : a composer of sacred songs; "David is called The Psalmist
because he is believed to be the author of the Book of
Psalms
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