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  Miserere

  noun

  the 51st Psalm, or the 50th in the Douay Bible.
• miserere
  miserere

  noun

  another word for misericord

Miserere

American  

[miz-uh-rair-ee, -reer-ee] / ˌmɪz əˈrɛər i, -ˈrɪər i /

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.

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Miserere ¹ British  

/ 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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miserere ² British  

/ ˌmɪzəˈrɛərɪ, -ˈrɪərɪ /

noun

1. another word for misericord

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Etymology

Origin of Miserere

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

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Example Sentences

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The gala recital drew on Callas' vast repertoire to include arias such as "Casta Diva" from Bellini's "Norma", "Miserere" from Verdi's "Il Trovatore" and a fully-staged performance of Act II of "Tosca".

From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2023

Gershon told the audience that "Miserere" was jealously guarded by the Vatican for exclusive use in the Sistine Chapel for more than two centuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2016

It will start with vocal music — the Mozart "Requiem" and Part's "Miserere."

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2015

Later that day, he wrote the piece down entirely from memory, and that was the end of the secret Miserere.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2011

Josquin’s motet Miserere mei, Deus composed in about 1503, shows us how far the musical treatment of texts had come since the death of Dufay.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis has been translated as "Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us."

From Time Magazine Archive

According to individual taste, one can greet it with a hosannah, a miserere nobis or a sancta simplicitas.

From Time Magazine Archive

The noise of their instruments scraping on the stones came plainly to Hawker's ears in a harsh chorus, and this sound at this time was perhaps to him a miserere.

From The Third Violet by Stephen Crane

His hands are placed together as in prayer, and from his left elbow issues a scroll, with the inscription, “Sc’ta trinitas unus deus miserere nob.”

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter

It had become almost dark, when the last candle but one was extinguished in the symbolical pyramid, and the first almost painful note of the miserere wailed out into the vast church of St. Peter.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis

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