Associations to the word «Misericordia»

Wiktionary

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

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