Definitions
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- noun (O. Law) An amercement.
- noun (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or “mercy” stroke to a fallen adversary.
- noun (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.
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- noun law, obsolete 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.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"_Ah! misericordia, misericordia, misericordia_!" was the burden of his plaint.
Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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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.
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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.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 3 1560-1609 1956
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OF MERCY* [* The one Latin word "misericordia" signifies either pity or mercy.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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I'm no virgin, but perhaps this is what misericordia feels like.
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Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos, quemadmodum speravimus in te.
Te Deum...I do like this picture! Catholic Mom of 10 2009
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Dives in misericordia: 5 citations of Vatican II, no citations of any other council.
Landmark Address on the Responsibilities of Universities Freedom has a purpose 2009
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Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes, quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius, et misericordia eius in progenies et progenies timentibus eum.
Archive 2009-06-01 bls 2009
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Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes, quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius, et misericordia eius in progenies et progenies timentibus eum.
Archive 2008-10-12 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes, quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius, et misericordia eius in progenies et progenies timentibus eum.
MAGNIFICAT de Brantigny........................ 2008
chevrion commented on the word misericordia
blade of mercy is my favorite meaning for this word
April 25, 2009