miserere

Meaning

Name

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

Noun

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

Translations

psalm

smeekbede

bu Mezmurun bestesi

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: miserere

In summary

From Middle English miserere, a borrowing from Latin miserēre (“have pity”), first word of the 51st Psalm (50th in the older Greek and Latin numbering), translating Ancient Greek ἐλέησον (eléēson) and Biblical Hebrew חָנֵּנִי (ḥānnēnî), inflected form of חָנַן (ḥānan, “have mercy”).