Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Mishael (Heb. Misphal’, , who is like God Sept. ), the name of three men. 1. The eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (the son of Kohath and grandson of Levi), and consequently the cousin of Aaron (Exo 6:22). He, with his brother Elzaphan, at the command of Moses, carried out the bodies of … Continue reading “Mishael”

Misgab (Heb. Misgab’, , height, as often; Sept. v.r. , and ,Vulg. fortis), a town in Moab, situated on the desolating track of the invading Babylonians (Jer 48:1), probably so called from being located on an eminence. De Saulcy (Narrative, 1:391) suggests a connection with the present Wady el-Mujeb, the ancient Arnon; but this is … Continue reading “Misgab”

MISERY OF GREED Pro 1:19; Ecc 5:10; Hab 2:9; Hab 2:10; Mat 27:5; 1Ti 6:9; Jam 5:3 –SEE Avarice, COVETOUSNESS Greed, COVETOUSNESS Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

MISERY Such a state of wretchedness, unhappiness, or calamity, as renders a person an object of compassion. Fuente: Theological Dictionary

Misericordia Domini is the name of the second Sunday from Easter, so called from the opening lines of the mass read on that day in the Romish churches. In the Greek Church the day is frequently called St. Thomas’s Sunday. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Misericorde, Congregation of the Sisters of A congregation of women founded 16 January, 1848, for the purpose of procuring spiritual and corporal assistance for poor mothers and unfortunate girls. The foundress, Madame Rosalie Jette, in religion Mother Mary of the Nativity, declining to serve as superior, Sister St. Jane de Chantal held that office. The … Continue reading “Misericorde, Congregation of the Sisters of”

Misericord is a term used to denote various offices and articles. (1) Subsellia-Spanish subsilia-the folding seat of a stall. SEE MISERERES. (2) A compassionate mitigation of full penance. (3) According to Lyndwood, a custom in certain monasteries of relieving a number of monks, in alternate weeks, from attendance in choir, and claustral duties. (4) A … Continue reading “Misericord”

Misereres Elbowed stalls, often found in cathedral, collegiate, and minster churches, with seats that may be turned up, so as to give an opportunity of kneeling in those parts of the service in which the language of supplication (miserere) occurs. They were allowed in the Roman Catholic Church as a relief to the infirm during … Continue reading “Misereres”

miserere (Latin: have mercy) First word and usual name of Psalm 50, fourth Penitential, recited in the third nocturn of the Divine Office, Wednesday, except on common vigils when it is recited at Lauds, in the Office of the Dead and in the last days of Holy Week. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Miserere The first … Continue reading “Miserere”

Miserable, Miserably, Misery “pitiable, miserable” (from eleos, “mercy, pity;” see MERCY), is used in Rev 3:17, in the Lord’s description of the church at Laodicea; here the idea is probably that of a combination of “misery” and pitiableness. Note: For the comparative degree eleeinoteros, rendered “most pitiable” in 1Co 15:19, RV (AV, “most miserable”) see … Continue reading “Miserable, Miserably, Misery”