misericordia

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Thereupon he drew his misericordia, and he cut the thongs of his harness and he tore the pieces of armor from off his body and flung them away very furiously, upon the right hand and upon the left.

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  1. An amercement.
  2. A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used 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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  • With lifted head and rolling eyes there issued from the broad mouth notes so doleful they would have answered for a misericordia The fox-hounds were of the most use in the winter, for the hunting was generally in the underbrush and timber along the river. —  BOOTS AND SADDLES: OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
  • Other than a slightly out of tune entrance by the first tenors, the piece moves at dirge tempo, through-composed and - sung in alternating sections until the concluding verse Quia apud Dominum misericordia (For with the Lord there is mercy) where all sing together in a glorious latticework of harmonies and discord. —  Nico Muhly
  • "_Ah! misericordia, misericordia, misericordia_!" —  Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman
  • Thereupon he drew his misericordia, and he cut the thongs of his harness and he tore the pieces of armor from off his body and flung them away very furiously, upon the right hand and upon the left. —  The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
  • And therewith drawing his misericordia, he catched King Mark by the left wrist and lifted his arm. —  The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
 

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