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Miserere definition

Mis·erere (mē′ze rer′ā′)

noun

  1. Etymology: ME < LL(Ec), have mercy (imper. of L misereri, to feel pity < miser, wretched): first word of the psalm in the Vulg.

    Bible the 51st Psalm, beginning, “Have mercy upon me, O God”
  2. a musical setting for this
  3. misericord (sense )

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