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‖ miserere|mɪzəˈrɪərɪ, -ˈrɛə-|
Also 6 messerery, 7 misereri.
[imper. sing. of L. miserērī (see prec.).]
1. a. The fifty-first Psalm (fiftieth in the Vulgate), beginning Miserere mei Deus (‘Have mercy upon me, O God’), being one of the Penitential Psalms.
a1225Ancr. R. 44, & mid te miserere, goð biuoren ower weouede & endeð ðer þe graces. 1539Pery in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 153 Sayeinge the sawme of ‘Messerery’ ower us. 1583Foxe A. & M. 1493/2 And so was brought..by the Sheriffes toward Smithfield, saying the Psalme Miserere by the way. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxiii, If ever..I may lay hold upon thee..thou shalt have the Miserere even to the Vitulos [cf. Vulgate Ps. l. fin.]. 1656Blount Glossogr. Miserere,..is commonly that Psalm, which the Judge gives to such guilty persons as have the benefit of Clergy allowed by the Law. 1829W. Irving Diary 16 Apr. in Life & Lett. (1862) II. 310 Miserere in the cathedral in the evening. 1845E. Holmes Mozart 65 Arriving at Rome in the Holy Week, they hurried to the Sistine Chapel, to hear the Miserere at matins.
b. With reference to the time it takes to recite the Miserere. (Cf. F. demeurer un bon miséréré.)
[c1450ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 111 Seþe hem by þe space of þis psalme seyenge: miserere mei deus.] 1558Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. (1568) 26 Let all boyle together for the space of one Miserere. 1665Phil. Trans. I. 97, I have heard one say, that had seen it, that it did not set Wood on Fire but after the time of saying a Miserere.
c. A musical setting of this psalm.
1776Burney Hist. Mus. (1789) IV. 569 Metastasio, to whom I transmitted a copy of this Miserere. 1779H. Walpole Let. to C'tess Ossory 15 Nov., I was last night at Lady Lucan's to hear the Misses Bingham sing Jomelli's ‘Miserere’. 1845E. Holmes Mozart 67 The ‘Miserere’ of Allegri.
¶d. = Kyrie 1 b.
c1620R. Patrick in S. Arnold Cathedral Mus. (1790) (title) The Te Deum, Benedictus, Miserere, Nicene Creed [etc.].
2. transf. A cry of ‘Have mercy!’; a prayer or ejaculation in which mercy is asked for.
a1616Beaum. & Fl. Woman's Prize iii. i, No more ay-mees, and miseries [read misereres] Tranio Come near my brain. 1657J. D[avies] tr. Lett. Voiture xi. I. 19, I repeated to her in your behalf, a whole Miserere. a1700Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 75 The Mourners, who the Penitent espy'd, A universal miserere cry'd. 1804Edin. Rev. V. 152 A main fault that pervades the whole is the monotonous cry of miserere for the poor Irish. 1845Longfellow Arsenal at Springfield ii, What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies [sc. of firearms]. 1882J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. II. 350 The sweet Alleluias and the plaintive Misereres of the English Prayer Book.
†3. In full miserere mei |ˈmiːaɪ|, lit. ‘have mercy on me’: a name for the ‘iliac passion’, a form of colic attended with stercoraceous vomiting. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Reply..the voiding of the excrements at the mouth; a disease called, Miserere mei. 1648W. Jenkyn Blind Guide iv. 116 You were under a quotidean fury, or sick of the miserere mei. 1722Quincy Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2), Miserere mei, this is apply'd to some Cholicks, where the Pains are so exquisite, as to draw Compassion from a Bystander. 1766T. Amory Mem. II. 50 In the excruciating torments of that most dreadful distemper a miserere. 1783Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 148 If it proves fatal by mortification, it is taken for a passio-illiaca, or miserere.
4. = misericord 2 c. (An incorrect use.)
1798–1801J. Milner Hist. Winchester II. 36 The stalls with their misereres, canopies, pinnacles, &c. Ibid. note, That small shelving stool, which the seats of the stalls formed when turned up in their proper position, is called a Miserere. 1863I. Williams Baptistery ii. xxiii. (1874) 80 The Misereres here have place, As hiding from the day of Grace The quaint device, and snakes that twine,..Which speak the serpent's brood below. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 80 The stalls..are provided with misereres, which..are seldom used, as the monks generally stand during the whole service. 1959Punch 30 Dec. 675/2, I..selected a train with the longest carriages I could find... To get the full vista, I sat on the miserere at the front.
attrib.1848B. Webb Sk. Continental Ecclesiol. ii. 39 Four beautiful stalls, with miserere-seats and canopies. 1872N. & Q. Ser. iv. IX. 405/1 Miserere carvings. Ibid. 472/2 Miserere stalls. |