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Psalm opening that means "have mercy"
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miserere
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Miserere \Mis`e*re"re\, n. [L., have mercy, fr. misereri to have mercy, fr. miser. See Miser .] (R. C. Ch.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere. A musical composition ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Miserere , by Josquin des Prez , is a motet setting of Psalm 51 (Psalm 50 in the Septuagint numbering) for five voices. He composed it while in the employ of Duke Ercole I d'Este in Ferrara , most likely in 1503 or 1504. It was one of the most famous ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
51st Psalm (one of the Penitential Psalms), 13c., from Miserere mei Deus "Have mercy upon me, O God," opening line, from Latin miserere "feel pity, have compassion, commiserate," imperative of misereri "to have mercy," from miser (see miser ). From 15c.-17c. ...
Usage examples of miserere.
Bonum, malum, qui fecisti Mali imploramus te, Salve fratrem, causa Christi, Miserere Domine!
These misereres show the Seven Works of Mercy, and Tossie obediently went into the Girdlers Chapel to admire them, followed by the black marble altar tomb, assorted fan vaulting, and a monument with a particularly long and illegible inscription.
Sultan, her cat, who could have miauled the Miserere of Allegri at the Sistine Chapel, had filled her heart, and sufficed for the amount of passion which she possessed.
Scott had put in to prevent strain on the arches, began to buckle and melt in the heat, bringing the fifteenth-century arches and the roof down on the altar and the carved misereres and Handelâs organ and the wooden cross with the child kneeling at its foot.
Scott had put in to prevent strain on the arches, began to buckle and melt in the heat, bringing the fifteenth-century arches and the roof down on the altar and the carved misereres and Handel’s organ and the wooden cross with the child kneeling at its foot.
He noticed that he had been copying Davids prayer for pardon, the fourth penitential psalm, Miserere mei, Deus&for I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.