Misericorde

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of clemency; pity, mercy. obsolete
  2. 2
    Alternative form of misericord alt-of, alternative

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mercy seatsubsellium

Etymology

Established 1200–50 from Middle English misericorde (“an act of clemency”), from Middle French [Term?], from Latin misericordia (“pity”).

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