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Quotation dates: 1492-1568
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Psalmist, n. Also: psalpmest. [e.m.E. and late ME psalmyste, -ist, the author of a psalm (Caxton), a cantor (1565), late L. psalmista, f. psalmus Psalm. Cf. OF psalmistre (12th c.), psalmiste, etc., mod. F. psalmiste.] The author of a psalm or psalms. — 1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 278/21.
The gret psalmist Dauid 1513 Doug. xi Prol. 29. a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 178/4.
The psalmist desyrit the lorde to oppin his lippis a1568 Bannatyne MS I p. 49/38.
And I sall with the psalpmest say [etc.]
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