Pry
(Pry), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pried ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prying.] To raise or move, or attempt to raise
or move, with a pry or lever; to prize. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]
Pry
(Pry), v. i. [OE. prien. Cf. Peer to peep.] To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt
to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; — often implying reproach. " To pry upon the stars."
Chaucer.
Watch thou and wake when others be asleep,
To pry into the secrets of the state.
Shak. Pry
(Pry), n. Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
Pryan
(Pry"an) n. (Mining) See Prian.
Prying
(Pry"ing), a. Inspecting closely or impertinently.
Syn. — Inquisitive; curious. See Inquisitive.
Pryingly
(Pry"ing*ly), adv. In a prying manner.
Prytaneum
(||Pryt`a*ne"um) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. prytanis.] (Gr. Antiq.) A public building in certain Greek
cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality
was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.
Prytanis
(||Pryt"a*nis) n.; pl. Prytanes [L., fr. Gr. .] (Gr. Antiq.) A member of one of the ten sections
into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency
of the senate for about one tenth of the year.
Prytany
(Pryt"a*ny) n. (Gr. Antiq.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to
the prytanes of the section.
Prythee
(Pryth"ee) interj. See Prithee.
Psalm
(Psalm) n. [OE. psalm, salm, AS. sealm, L. psalmus, psalma, fr. Gr. fr. to pull, twitch, to play
upon a stringed instrument, to sing to the harp: cf. OF. psalme, salme, F. psaume.]
1. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
Humus devout and holy psalms
Singing everlastingly.
Milton. 2. Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a
modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
Psalm
(Psalm), v. t. To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises. Sylvester.
Psalmist
(Psalm"ist) n. [L. psalmista, Gr. : cf. F. psalmiste. See Psalm.]
1. A writer or composer of sacred songs; — a title particularly applied to David and the other authors of
the Scriptural psalms.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the church.
Psalmistry
(Psalm"ist*ry) n. The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody.
Psalmodic
(Psal*mod"ic Psal*mod"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. psalmodique.] Relating to psalmody.
