psalter

• n. 诗篇；诗篇集

来自psalm,赞美诗，赞美歌，-er,名词后缀。

psalter (n.)

"the Book of Psalms," Old English saltere, psaltere, from Church Latin psalterium "the songs of David," in secular Latin, "stringed instrument played by twanging," from Greek psalterion "stringed instrument, psaltery, harp," from psallein "to pluck, play on a stringed instrument" (see psalm).