Miserere

miserere English Psalm 51 Etymology en la miserēre have pity, the first word of the psalm in that language. Pronunciation en /mɪzəˈɹɛəɹi/ Proper noun the Miserere The 51st Psalm (50th in the older Greek and Latin numbering), beginning “Have mercy upon me, O God …” in the King James Version; sometimes set to music. en 1845 J. T. Headley Letters from Italy 130 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V0IpAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA130 One of the most impressive ceremonies of Holy Week is the chanting of the Miserere. en 2004 Joyce E. Salisbury The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life: 15th and 16th Centuries 9780313325441 132 When someone did want to designate a short interval, the usual phrasing drew on religious vocabulary, calling up the duration of common prayers: the Paternoster, the Ave Maria, and the Miserere. en 2008 Lorenzo Candelaria The Rosary Cantoral: Ritual and Social Design in a Chantbook from Early Renaissance Toledo 9781580462051 75 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=O73QaLuBuHkC&pg=PA75 Psalm 50, the “Miserere,” was linked to the Passion of Christ by a peculiar story from the thirteenth century known as the “rood legend,” a popular history concerning the wood of the Cross. According to that legend, David had composed the “Miserere” as penance for his sins under the very tree that provided the wood for the Holy Cross. References Miserere Miserere en Named prayersen terms derived from the Bible Italian Etymology it la miserēre have pity, the first word of the 51st Psalm, probably a nickname for a foundling. Proper noun mfbysense it nicknames < Latin Further reading miserere