n. 1. Miserere a. The 51st Psalm. b. A musical setting of this psalm. 2. a. A prayer for mercy. b. An expression of lamentation or complaint. 3. See misericord. [Latin miserēre, have mercy, the first word of the psalm, imperative sing. of miserērī, to feel pity, from miser, wretched.] |
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