English Explanatory Dictionary

Miserere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The 51st Psalm (50th in the older Greek and Latin numbering), beginning “Have mercy upon me, O God …” in the King James Version; sometimes set to music.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Miserere (“the 51st/50th Psalm”).
noun
  1. An expression of lamentation or complaint.
  2. A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.
  3. A small projecting boss or bracket on the underside of the hinged seat of a church stall, intended to give some support to a standing worshipper when the seat is turned up; a misericord.
  4. Ileus.

Pronunciation

/mɪzəˈɹɛəɹi/

Word forms

Miserere the Miserere misereres

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miserēre (“have pity”), the first word of the psalm in that language.

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