Mĭs'e-rē're, n.

n. [Lat., have mercy, from misereri, to have mercy, from miser. See supra.]

1. (Rom. Cath. Church.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 51st psalm, which commences with this word.
2. (Mus.) A musical composition adapted to the 51st psalm.
3. (Arch.) A kind of hinged bracket forming a seat in the stall of the choir in old churches for the use of aged or infirm persons who were unable to stand during the long service;—called also misericordia and misericord.