Why this word is great
PSALMODIST — [Noun] A person who sings psalms; a psalmist. From psalmody ("the singing of psalms") + -ist ("one who practices"). Unlike a "cantor" (a professional liturgical leader) or a "hymnist" (a composer of hymns), a psalmodist is devoted to the act itself—voice lifted in ancient verses, repetition as ritual. It is the rasp of an old man’s breath between verses in a dim chapel, the clear alto of a nun at dawn, the ragged harmony of pilgrims on a dusty road. To sing the psalms is to wear grooves in time, tracing words that have outlasted empires.