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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.