English

Noun

misericordia ‎(plural misericordias)

1. (law, obsolete) An amercement.

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2. misericord, a thin-bladed dagger, used in the Middle Ages to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary.
3. An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.

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Italian

Noun

misericordia f ‎(plural misericordie)

1. pity, mercy
2. misericord (medieval dagger)

Related terms

• misericordioso

Latin

Etymology

From misericors ‎(“pitiful, compassionate, merciful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mi.se.riˈkor.di.a/, [mɪ.sɛ.rɪˈkɔr.di.a]

Noun

misericordia f ‎(genitive misericordiae); first declension

1. pity, compassion, mercy, lovingkindness
2. (figuratively) wretchedness, misery; pathos

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• miseria
• misericorditer
• misericors

Descendants

• English: misericord, misericorde, misericordia
• French: miséricorde
• Italian: misericordia
• Spanish: misericordia
• Portuguese: misericórdia

References

• misericordia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• misericordia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MISERICORDIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “misericordia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicui commovere
    
  • to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicuius concitare
    
  • to arouse feelings of compassion in some one: ad misericordiam aliquem allicere, adducere, inducere
    
  • to be touched with pity: misericordia moveri, capi (De Or. 2. 47)
    
  • to implore a person's sympathy, pity: misericordiam implorare
    

Portuguese

Noun

misericordia f (plural misericordias)

1. Obsolete spelling of misericórdia

Spanish

Noun

misericordia f ‎(plural misericordias)

1. mercy
2. misericord