Definition of "misericordia" [‖Mis•e•ri•cor•di•a]

• An amercement. (noun)
• A thin-bladed dagger, used in the Middle Ages to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary. (noun)
• An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. (noun)

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• ""_Ah! misericordia, misericordia, misericordia_!" was the burden of his plaint."
• "She is 45m tall, winged, made of aluminium, and if you see her face close up – impossible unless you climb inside her, which I've done – she looks as if the Latin word misericordia compassion was invented for her."
• "Latin term misericordia being used in a more contracted sense) does not necessarily suppose misery, as will be seen by a reference to the original languages, the Hebrew and Greek, in which the men of God wrote."