Miserere

[ miz-uh-rair-ee, -reer-ee ]

noun
  1. the 51st Psalm, or the 50th in the Douay Bible.

  2. a musical setting for it.

  1. (lowercase) a prayer or expression of appeal for mercy.

  2. (lowercase) misericord (def. 3).

Origin of Miserere

1
From the Latin word miserēre literally, have pity (imperative), first word of the psalm

Words Nearby 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 Day
  • On 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 Pilling
  • Surely 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 Pilling
  • As 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)

miserere

/ (ˌmɪzəˈrɛərɪ, -ˈrɪərɪ) /


noun
  1. another word for misericord (def. 1)

British Dictionary definitions for Miserere (2 of 2)

Miserere

/ (ˌmɪzəˈrɛərɪ, -ˈrɪərɪ) /


noun
  1. the 51st psalm, the Latin version of which begins "Miserere mei, Deus" ("Have mercy on me, O God")

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