miserere

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin miserēre (“‘have pity’”), first word of the 51st Psalm.

[edit] Noun

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miserere (uncountable)

1. a prayer for mercy.
2. an expression of lamentation or complaint.
3. a medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.

[edit] References

• “miserere” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “miserere” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.