Miserere

[ miz-uh-rair-ee, -reer-ee ]

noun

1. the 51st Psalm, or the 50th in the Douay Bible.
2. a musical setting for it.
3. (lowercase) a prayer or expression of appeal for mercy.
4. (lowercase) misericord ( def 3 ).

miserere

¹

/ -ˈrɪərɪ; ˌmɪzəˈrɛərɪ /

noun

1. another word for misericord

Miserere

²

/ ˌmɪzəˈrɛərɪ; -ˈrɪərɪ /

noun

1. the 51st psalm, the Latin version of which begins "Miserere mei, Deus" ("Have mercy on me, O God")

Word History and Origins

Origin of Miserere¹

From the Latin word miserēre literally, have pity (imperative), first word of the psalm

Example Sentences

They don't look as if they'd care for carving; but they've been studying every one of the Miserere seats in the choir-stalls.

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An old man, a very old man, sat on an upturned clamhod and yawled a discordant miserere on a fiddle.

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On reaching the suburbs of the city they wheeled to the left, and late in the afternoon drew near to the Plaza Miserere.

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Surely the Corrales de la Miserere had taught them plain enough that their troops could not meet those of England on equal terms!

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As the day dawned a salvo of twenty-one British guns on the Plaza Miserere gave the signal.

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