Misereres

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Mis⋅e⋅re⋅re

[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).

Origin:
< L miserēre lit., have pity (impv.), first word of the psalm

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mis·e·re·re (mĭz'ə-râr'ē, -rîr'ē)

Miserere
1. The 51st Psalm.
2. A musical setting of this psalm.
3. A prayer for mercy.
4. An expression of lamentation or complaint.
1. A prayer for mercy.
2. An expression of lamentation or complaint.
See misericord.

[Latin miserēre, have mercy, the first word of the psalm, imperative sing. of miserērī, to feel pity, from miser, wretched.]

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Word Origin & History

Miserere

51st Psalm (one of the Penitential Psalms), 13c., from Miserere mei Deus "Have mercy upon me, O God," opening line, from L. miserere "have mercy," imperative of misereri "to have mercy," from miser. From 15c.-17c. used as an informal measure of time, "the time it takes to recite the Miserere." Also in miserere mei "kind of severe colic ('iliac passion') accompanied by excruciating cramps and vomiting of excrement" (1611).

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