Miserere - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |mɪzəˈreriː|  American pronunciation of the word miserere
Brit.  |ˌmɪzəˈrɪərɪ|  British pronunciation of the word miserere

noun

- a prayer for mercy.
- an expression of lamentation or complaint.
- a medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.
- (architecture) A small projecting boss or bracket on the underside of the hinged seat of a church stall, intended to give some support to a standing worshipper when the seat is turned up; a misericordia.
- ileus
- The 51st Psalm, sometimes set to music.

Extra examples

...an essay that is essentially a long miserere about the decline of good manners in our society...

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