MISERICORDIA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An amercement. Burrill.

2.
n.

A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.

3.
n.

An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. Shipley.


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