Psalm-singing
51Muirghis Cananach Ua Conchobhair — Muirghis Cananach Ua Conchobhair, Prince of Connacht, died 1224. Muirghis was one of the children of the last Gaelic King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. He became a monk and was a noted poet and singer. His death is noted in the Annals of… …
52CALVIN, John — (1509 1564) A dominant figure of the Protestant Reformation, John Calvin was a preacher, biblical scholar, and theologian. Although his Reform movement was centered in Geneva, Calvin s influence extended throughout all of Europe in the sixteenth… …
Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
53Genevan Psalter — (1562) Also known as the Huguenot Psalter, the most influential hymnal supervised by Jean Calvin, preceded by earlier versions in 1539, 1542, 1543, and 1551. The texts are metrical psalms translated into French by Calvin, Clément Marot (c.… …
54sealmsangmǽrsung — f ( e/ a) psalm singing in the canonical hours …
55psalmody — n. Psalm singing, psalmistry …
56Caën, Emery de — Ch Nephew of Guillaume, 137; left in command of colony, 141; prohibits psalm singing by Huguenots on his ships, 156; his character, 182; actively defends colony, 183; captured by Thomas Kirke; returns to France, 185; his ship the Hélène… …
57Huguenots — Ch Had larger share of trade, 110; proposal to exclude, 110; disagreements with Récollet missionaries, 150; their psalm singing on board ship objected to, 156; fanaticism of, 224; their doubtful loyalty, 254; not permitted to settle in Canada …
58pointing — /ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ (say poynting) noun 1. (in psalm singing) a method of showing how to fit irregular lines to a regular tune. 2. the marking of a text, as one written in a Semitic language or in shorthand, to indicate the vowels. 3. the treatment of… …
59plumber’s mate, you lousy little bastard — This particular vocative expression is unlikely to be heard very often, but it is interesting in that the fact of a man’s doing a fairly humble job is used against him as an insult. The example above occurs in Monica Dickens’s Thursday… …
60Psalms — Psalm redirects here. For other uses, see Psalm (disambiguation). Hebrew Bible …
