(obsolete) An act of clemency; pity, mercy. / Alternative form of misericord

Relaxation of monastic rules. / The room in a monastery for monks granted such relaxation.

plural of misericorde

plural of misericord

(law, obsolete) An amercement. / (historical) A misericord, a thin-bladed dagger, used in the Middle Ages to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary.

plural of misericordia