miserere
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
miserere /ˌmɪzəˈrɪəri, -ˈrɛː-/
▶noun
- 1 a psalm in which mercy is sought, especially Psalm 51 or the music written for it.
- 2 another term for misericord (sense 1).
– origin ME: from L., ‘have mercy!’, imper. of misereri, from miser ‘wretched’.
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