miserere

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim The 51st Psalm (50th in the older Greek and Latin numbering), beginning “Have mercy upon me, O God …” in the King James Version; sometimes set to music.

   “One of the most impressive ceremonies of Holy Week is the chanting of the Miserere.”

2. özel isim Alternative letter-case form of Miserere (“the 51st/50th Psalm”).

   “The miserere, that is to say, have mercy on us, is a psalm, composed of stanzas, which are sung alternately in a very different manner.”

3. isim An expression of lamentation or complaint.
4. isim A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.
5. isim 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 misericord.
6. isim Ileus.