What does "miserere" mean?

Miserere: A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm. Where only the wind signs miserere. Lowell.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Arch.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia.
  2. 3.(Med.) Same as Ileus.

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