Miserere
the 51st Psalm, or the 50th in the Douay Bible.
a musical setting for it.
(lowercase) a prayer or expression of appeal for mercy.
(lowercase) misericord (def. 3).
Origin of Miserere
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How to use Miserere in a sentence
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.
An old man, a very old man, sat on an upturned clamhod and yawled a discordant Miserere on a fiddle.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayOn reaching the suburbs of the city they wheeled to the left, and late in the afternoon drew near to the Plaza Miserere.
Ponce de Leon | William PillingSurely the Corrales de la Miserere had taught them plain enough that their troops could not meet those of England on equal terms!
Ponce de Leon | William PillingAs the day dawned a salvo of twenty-one British guns on the Plaza Miserere gave the signal.
Ponce de Leon | William Pilling
British Dictionary definitions for miserere (1 of 2)
/ (ˌmɪzəˈrɛərɪ, -ˈrɪərɪ) /
another word for misericord (def. 1)
British Dictionary definitions for Miserere (2 of 2)
/ (ˌmɪzəˈrɛərɪ, -ˈrɪərɪ) /
the 51st psalm, the Latin version of which begins "Miserere mei, Deus" ("Have mercy on me, O God")
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