MISERERE

Miserere

Miserere, by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri, is a setting of Psalm 51 composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for use in the Sistine Chapel during matins, as part of the exclusive Tenebrae service on Holy Wednesday and Good Friday of Holy Week.

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miserere

Noun

  1. a prayer for mercy.
  2. an expression of lamentation or complaint.
  3. a medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.
  4. 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.
  5. ileus


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