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See also:MISERERE (the imperative of See also:Lat. misereri, to have See also:mercy or pity)
, the name of one of the See also:penitential See also:psalms (li.), from its opening words, See also:Miserere mei, See also:Deus
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The word is frequently used in See also:English as See also:equivalent to "Misericord" (See also:Lat. misericordia, pity, compassion) for various forms in which the rules of a monastic See also:order, or See also:general discipline of the See also:clergy might be relaxed; thus it is applied to a See also:special chamber in a monastery for those members who were allowed special See also:food, drink, &c., and to a small See also:bracket on the under See also:side of the seat in a See also:stall of a See also: |
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