misericorde
Relaxation of monastic rule; indulgence.
An apartment in a monastery in which certain relaxations of the rule were permitted; especially, one in which those monks ate to whom special allowances were made in food and drink.
Merciful disposition; forgiving pity or kindness.
A dagger used by a knight to put a wounded man out of his misery (to give the coup de grâce).
Same as miserere.
nounCompassion; pity; mercy.
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