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miserere.

An expression of lamentation or complaint.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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.

Where this word comes from

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”).

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