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A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints. Until the emergence of the book of hours in the Late Middle Ages , psalters were the books most widely owned by wealthy lay persons.
The meaning of PSALTER is the Book of Psalms; also : a collection of Psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
Psalters were (as the name suggests) books that contained the Book of Psalms from the Bible. Because they didn’t contain the entire Bible, psalters were nice and portable, making good girdle books for the devout – or those concerned with showing off – to carry with them.
'praises'; Ancient Greek: Ψαλμός, romanized: Psalmós; Latin: Liber Psalmorum; Arabic: زَبُورُ, romanized: Zabūr), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called Ketuvim ('Writings'), and a book of the Old Testament.
The Psalter, also known simply as the Psalms, or Psalms of David, is the Old Testament book that contains hymns and poems traditionally ascribed to the Holy Prophet and King David, ancestor of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Psalter, with its natural appendix, the book of Lamentations, was the song and prayer book of the Jewish community. A majority of the psalms, and especially those in the latter part of the book, were doubtless originally intended for liturgical use.
What is a Psalter? A Psalter is a book of Psalms, typically used for religious worship and devotion. It contains a collection of the 150 Psalms found in the Bible’s Old Testament.