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Definition of: psaltery
(sôl′tər·ē) noun plural ·ter·ies
An ancient stringed musical instrument, similar to a dulcimer but played by plucking with the fingers or a plectrum. [<OF sautere, psalterie <L psalterium <Gk. psaltērion <psallein twitch, twang]
Twelfth century.
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