psalteries in English
noun
1
an ancient and medieval musical instrument like a dulcimer but played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
The double psaltery had two ranks of strings, one on either side of the soundbox.
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2. “The orchestra and choir have taken up a position to the east of the altar, clothed in fine linen with cymbals and stringed instruments, zithers, psalteries, lyres and graceful harps.