Miserere Definition

mĭzə-rârē, -rîrē
noun
The 51st Psalm, beginning, “Have mercy upon me, O God”
Webster's New World
A musical setting for this.
Webster's New World

Misericord.

Webster's New World
A prayer for mercy.
Wiktionary

An expression of lamentation or complaint.

Wiktionary

Origin of Miserere

  • Latin miserēre have mercy, the first word of the psalm imperative sing. of miserērī to feel pity from miser wretched

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin miserÄ“re (“have pity"), first word of the 51st Psalm.

    From Wiktionary

Miserere Sentence Examples

  • But the most celebrated composition of Allegri is the Miserere, still annually performed in the Sistine Chapel at Rome.

  • In spite of the precautions of the popes, the Miserere has long been public property.

  • The entire music performed at Rome in Holy Week, Allegri's Miserere included, has been issued at Leipzig by Breitkopf and Hertel.

  • Round the circlet is the singularly inappropriate text from Psalm li., "Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam."

  • His compositions, of which very few have been published, were very favourable specimens of the severe ecclesiastical style; one in particular, a ten-part Miserere, composed.

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