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Webster 1913 Edition
Miserere
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1.
(R. C. Ch.)
The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere.
2.
A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm.
Where only the wind signs
miserere
. Lowell.
3.
(Arch.)
A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see
Stall
). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia. Definition 2024
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See also: Miserere
English
Noun
miserere (plural misereres)
- A prayer for mercy.
- An expression of lamentation or complaint.
- A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.
- (architecture) 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.
- Ileus.
References
- “miserere” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “miserere” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
Latin
Verb
miserēre
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of miseror
- second-person singular present passive subjunctive of miserō
- present active infinitive of miseret
- present active infinitive of misereō
- second-person singular present passive imperative of misereō
- second-person singular present passive indicative of misereō