Synonyms of psalm

psalm

noun

ˈsäm 

as in hymn

a religious song

after the sermon we sang a brief psalm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hymn
• anthem
• carol
• chorale
• canticle
• spiritual
• dirge
• requiem
• hallelujah
• oratorio
• paean
• lament
• threnody
• Gloria Patri
• processional
• mass
• recessional

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of psalm

Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026

The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549. — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026

After all, audiences may be captivated by the psalm singing itself, but then can also find more things that capture their imagination in the observational doc. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026